After an unexpected conclusion to the trilogy, Dustin Poirier defeats Conor McGregor via TKO victory at UFC 264.
The Diamond Dustin Poirier has successfully completed his trilogy against Conor McGregor with a TKO win at the end of the first round in the main event of UFC 264 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. McGregor broke his shin and was unable to continue at the end of the first round, ending the fight in the most unexpected of ways. After the fight, it was clear that Poirier had plenty to say.
Poirier directed Joe Rogan to go and talk to McGregor. “Go see what he’s saying. Go get him,” Poirier said. After Rogan assured him he would check on McGregor later, Poirier started breaking down what he believed happened in the fight-ending sequence.
“He fractured it on one of the checks, at the beginning of the fight” Poirier said. “And it broke on a the punch, for sure. When I pointed at him at the beginning of the fight, that’s when I checked a good kick. I bet that’s when it cracked.”
“It was probably cracked. And then just on the twist of the punch it finished [the break], you know,” said Poirier.
Dustin Poirier was upset about Conor McGregor’s trash talk after all
Poirier went on to talk about his displeasure with McGregor’s words leading up to the fight, making the rematch very personal. ” I can take, you know, the trash talk. Like there’s no holds barred with the trash talk, right,” said Poirier. “But murder is something you don’t clown around [about] and you know, there’s no coming back from that. And this guy was saying he was gonna murder me in all kinds of stuff. He was telling me he was gonna kill me tomorrow.
I’m gonna leave here in a coffin. You don’t talk like that to people, man. I hope this guy gets home safe to his beautiful family.”
In talking about how the fight played out before the injury, Poirier admitted that McGregor did clip him. “Yeah. Oh, he did hit me with a good cross, like the last fight. I didn’t see it. And he kind of clipped me. [I was] a little bit buzzed, but my legs were still there.
Takedown was easy. He was putting his fingers in my glove and pulling me down to throw the objects. I was trying to let Herb know that. This guy’s a dirtbag, man.”
The audience, which was predominately in McGregor’s corner, boo’d Poirier as he finished his comment. In a move that is out of character for him, he had a message at that moment for the fans. “Everybody booing, everybody booing, you can kiss my whole asshole,” said Poirier.
Dustin Poirier believes Conor McGregor is tasting a bit of karma
Poirier chose to take the high road in the lead-up to the trilogy fight. And as it was clear that McGregor chose the exact opposite route, Poirier believes that the Notorious may have reaped some of what he has sowed. When asked if the win felt anticlimatic, Poirier shared more than a simple answer.
“I mean, dude, you know, karma’s not a b***h, she’s a mirror,” said Poirier. “And you know, this guy has pressed and said the wrong s**t and I’ve been busting my a**. And then sometimes things happen. Nah, I’ll beat the guy.”
Still, Poirier didn’t end his comments on a negative note. “Everybody go to the goodfightgroup.com,” Poirier said. “We’re raising money. Me, Justin Wren, Manny Pacquiao. We’re raising money to build housing in Uganda for the Pigmy people.
And also there’s a very special young man, uh, battling cancer from Louisiana, and the audience named Peyton Murphy. It’s an honor to have you in the building, man. You were a real inspiration. You’re a real fighter. I can stop anytime. You’re a real fighter. I love you, brother.”