Islam Makhachev is an heavy favourite for his fight with Dustin Poirier tonight in Latest Jersey, and plans to point out why with a dominant win.
The UFC lightweight champion is making a record-equalling third title defence within the fundamental event of UFC 302 at Newark’s Prudential Center. And a few bookmakers have him as high at prices as high as -600 resulting from his previous domination over perceived higher opponents.
Tonight is Poirier’s final probability at undisputed gold after two failed attempts against Khabib Nurmagomedov and Charles Oliveira. And he is for certain he’ll finish the story in dramatic fashion to land one in every of the game’s great upsets.
Islam Makhachev sends chilling final message to Dustin Poirier ahead of UFC 302
Each men made the 155lb limit for his or her bout early yesterday, and looked refreshed on the scales through the evening’s ceremonial weigh-in. After their press conference face-off almost got here to blows, the pair had reconciled their differences and were far more cordial for his or her final meeting.
They each kept it relatively calm on stage as host Joe Rogan quizzed them, with Poirier saying: “It means every thing to me, Latest Jersey it’s great to be here, thanks all I appreciate you. The talk is completed, Joe. It’s time to fight.”
Makhachev was roundly booed because the Latest Jersey made their support for his American opponent clear. But he smiled through it and told Rogan: “I’ll show you guys what they mean by pound-for-pound best fighter on the planet. See you tomorrow.”
After the very fact, they were each followed by UFC cameras for social media. Poirier was far more animated telling the promotion’s page when asked what to anticipate: “Violence, each time.”
“You already know what’s up when Dustin Poirier fights,” he continued. “He’s going to be attempting to hold my legs, I’m going to be attempting to knock his head.”
Makhachev was wide-eyed after his appearance on the stage, and repeated his message about proving why he’s one of the best on the planet. But he left another chilling message for Poirier and his fans when he explained how the fight would go down.
“I’ll show you one of the best performance,” he began, before walking off by saying that he “will make this fight easy.”
Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier fix their feud after swear word miscommunication
Neither man had been engaging in any sort of non-public trash talk as they prepared for tonight’s super-fight. The promotion for the event was built around a combination of Makhachev’s generational dominance and Poirier’s pursuit of the elusive belt.
But that each one modified abruptly during their face-off after Thursday’s press conference. The extreme moment almost ended up with punches thrown after Poirier called his rival a ‘motherf***er,’ which offended the Russian greatly.
It appears to have been a cultural misunderstanding, with the crude swear word generally used during trash talk in America. During footage caught by UFC Embedded, Makhachev accepted something of an apology from his rival, who had the difficulty explained to him by manager Ali Abdelaziz.
Poirier might be seen standing over a seated Makhachev and making his case within the video. “You recognize me, I might never disrespect your loved ones like that,” Poirier might be heard saying, before Abdelaziz notes that there’s a culture barrier resulting from them being from “different countries”.
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