Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier is the proud owner of one of the vital bizarre submission wins within the history of the game.
Honing his analyst skills since his retirement this summer, Dustin Poirier has weighed in on this weekend’s UFC 322 headliner between former opponent Islam Makhachev and champion Jack Della Maddalena.
And in addition set to debut his acting chops against a former Octagon rival next 12 months, Poirier has been greater than lively in his retirement from combat sports.
Nevertheless, during his initial rise to championship stardom, the Lafayette native took out a murderer’s row at lightweight, including a former titleholder — with a very bizarre submission.
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Dustin Poirier’s body triangle submission win over Anthony Pettis
As a part of his incredible rise to an interim title rematch with Max Holloway, Poirier launched into a formidable winning run over former divisional champions.
Stopping two-fight rival Justin Gaethje, the Louisiana native was pitted against fellow WEC alum Anthony Pettis in a high-stakes headliner on this present day in 2017.
And as custom in a Dustin Poirier fight of that era, the longer term Hall of Fame star was splattered with the blood of Pettis throughout the principal event clash, en path to a forgotten third-round finish.
With the previous champion blood-soaked, Poirier locked in a body triangle seeking an emphatic finish, nevertheless, rolling to his back, Pettis was forced to tap, with Poirier credited with a submission win via body triangle, after the previous suffered a rib injury.
Afterwards, Poirier would go to complete each the above-mentioned Gaethje after which former champion Eddie Alvarez in a rematch, before beating Holloway for the second time in his profession.
Dustin Poirier’s title charge against Khabib Nurmagomedov
Memorably scooping interim spoils in his rematch win over Holloway, before the turn of the last decade, Poirier was paired with the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification clash.
And ultimately falling to the hands of the Russian icon in a third-round loss, Poirier had greater than a couple of notable moments within the clash, nevertheless.
A lot so, in actual fact, Nurmagomedov revealed this week how during a specific exchange, his late father Abdulmanap — who was in his corner — was essentially the most “nervous” he ever was during his UFC run.