Dustin Glenn Poirier is an American professional mixed martial artist and philanthropist.
He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion.
As of June 13, 2021, he is #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings and as of June 13, 2021, he is #6
in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Poirier used to train at Gladiators Academy under retired MMA fighter Tim Credeur.
After his loss to Chan Sung Jung, Poirier moved to American Top Team.
His coach is Phil Daru.
From an early age he was engaged in boxing and martial arts, in particular, jiu-jitsu
and kickboxing.
He began to engage in martial arts under the impression of films with the participation
of Jean-Claude Van Damme, who was his childhood idol.
Trained at the Gladiators Academy, then moved to the American Top Team.
He was trained under the guidance of such famous fighters as Yves Edwards and Tim Creeder.
He mastered Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, being awarded a black belt in this discipline.
In May 2009 he made his debut in mixed martial arts at the professional level.
In the first fight, he knocked out his opponent in the first round.
He fought in small American promotions, mainly in Louisiana and other southern states - from
all fights he invariably came out the winner, and he always ended the fights ahead of schedule.
With seven victories and not a single defeat in his track record, in 2010 Paurje attracted
the attention of a fairly large organization World Extreme Cagefighting and signed a contract
with it.
Nevertheless, Danny Castillo lost by unanimous decision in his debut fight, thereby suffering
the first defeat in his professional career.
A few months later, he rehabilitated himself in front of the fans, in 53 seconds he beat
Zach Micklewright by technical knockout.
In October 2010, the WEC promotion was taken over by the larger Ultimate Fighting Championship,
and all fighters automatically passed from there to the new owner, including Poirier.
In the new organization, he decided to descend from lightweight to featherweight.
He had his first fight in the UFC in January 2011, winning on points against Josh Grispi.
Then he was supposed to meet with the Brazilian Rani Yahya, but he was injured and was replaced
by the same newcomer of the organization Jason Young - as a result, the confrontation between
them lasted all the allotted time, Poirier won by unanimous decision.
Later he won by submission over Pablo Garza.
In 2012, he met Max Holloway, the future champion of the organization, and in the first round
forced him to surrender using the elbow lever, thereby earning a bonus for the best reception
of the evening.
Then he had a rather dramatic duel with the "Korean zombie" Chung Chan Sung, for the first
time entering the main card of the tournament for a five-round fight.
Poirier lost this fight by technical submission in the fourth round - their meeting was recognized
as the best fight of the evening, and some publications called this confrontation the
best fight of the year.
After this defeat, Poirier left his Gladiators Academy and joined the American Top Team.
Poirier continued to participate in UFC tournaments, defeating fighters such as Jonathan Brookins,
Eric Koch, Diego Brandan and Akira Corassani, but lost to Kab Swanson and future champion
Conor McGregor.
In 2015, he returned to the lightweight category, and this paid off - followed by victories
over Carlus Diego Ferreira, Yancy Medeiros, Joseph Duffy and Bobby Green.
Received two awards for Best Performance of the Night.
His winning streak was interrupted only in September 2016 in the first round of the meeting
with Michael Johnson.
In 2017, he had three fights in the UFC.
Defeated Jim Miller and Anthony Pettis, receiving a bonus for the best fight of the evening
on both occasions.
However, his meeting with Eddie Alvarez did not end very well - in the second round, referee
Herb Dean stopped the fight after Alvarez delivered two knee blows to the prone Poirier.
According to the judge, Alvarez inflicted the forbidden strikes unintentionally, so
the fight was declared invalid.
After signing a new contract with the organization, Poirier entered the cage in April 2018 against
Justin Gagey, a former longtime WSOF champion.
Defeated his opponent by technical knockout at the beginning of the fourth round and once
again won the award for the best fight of the evening.
On September 7, 2019, Dustin Poirier faced Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC
242 in Abu Dhabi.
The fight was held for the champion belt in the light weight category.
Nurmagomedov controlled the entire fight and in the third round caught Poirier on the guillotine.
On January 24, 2021, Dustin Poirier took revenge on Conor McGregor by knocking out the Irishman
in the main event of UFC 257.
On July 10, 2021, in Las Vegas, Irishman Conor McGregor and American Dustin Poirier will
fight in the main event of UFC 264.
The fight is designed for five rounds of five minutes.
This fight will be the third for the fighters.
The first took place in September 2014 at UFC 178 and ended with a victory for 32-year-old
McGregor.
The second took place in January 2021, when the 32-year-old Poirier beat his rival at
UFC 257.
McGregor has 22 wins and 5 losses in MMA.
On account of Porier 27 victories, 6 defeats, 1 result of the battle was declared invalid.
It became known how much the guaranteed fees of double ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor and
former interim champion Dustin Poirier for the third fight will be.
For entering the octagon, the Irishman will earn $ 3 million, and Poirier - $ 1 million.
Conor will receive 60% of the sales of paid broadcasts, and Poirier - 40%.
McGregor's total earnings, including sponsorship payments, are expected to be around $ 10 million.
His opponent will receive approximately $ 3 million.
Poirier auctioned his UFC 211 kit on eBay to raise money for Second Harvest Food Bank.
The highest bidder paid $5,100 for Poirier's shirt, gloves, cap, hand wraps and shorts.
In April 2018, Poirier and his wife founded the Good Fight Foundation.
Poirier proceeded to auction his UFC Fight Night 120 and UFC on Fox 29 fight kits as
well.
Poirier also auctioned his UFC on FOX fight kit and used the money raised to buy 500 backpacks
for school children in his hometown of Lafayette.
After his bout with Nurmagomedov at UFC 242, the two swapped shirts after the fight.
In his post-fight interview, Nurmagomedov said that he would be selling the shirt Poirier
gave him and donating the proceeds to Poirier's charity.
Likewise, Poirier announced that he would be auctioning off his UFC 242 fighting equipment
to raise funds for the foundation.
After the event, Poirier auctioned his fight kit with Nurmagomedov's walkout shirt for
$60,200.
Simultaneously, Nurmagomedov sold Poirier's walkout shirt for $100,000.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Poirier's foundation donated 1000 meals to the employees of three
major hospitals in his native Lafayette area.
On June 26, 2020, Poirier was awarded the Forrest Griffin Community Award by UFC for
his charity work.
Poirier still spends most of his time in Lafayette with his wife Jolie and their daughter Parker
Noelle Poirier, but trains at American Top Team in South Florida, where he relocates
before fights.
Dustin's wife supports Dustin during fights and is almost always present at his fights.
That's all for now.
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