“He matched the grit that I bring,” Dustin Poirier says Max Holloway is the most skilled opponent he has beaten in his career
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Dustin Poirier vs Max Holloway at UFC 236
Dustin Poirier has a lot of wins in his career but Max Holloway gets the praise of being the best opponent “The Diamond” has ever beaten according to the Lousiana fighter himself.
Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway have met each other in the octagon twice in their career. Poirier has a total of 28 wins in his MMA professional career. Of all the wins, Dustin believes his wins against the former featherweight champion are the most special. Every fighter wants to test himself against the best of the best and Poirier believes Holloway was surely one hell of a fighter.
Recently, Dustin signed up for fan questions via ESPNPlus. A fan had asked who was the most skilled opponent Dustin had beaten. Poirier named one fighter and that was the future Hall of Famer, Max “Blessed” Holloway. “Probably Max Holloway…He matched the grit that I bring, which I don’t think is easy to do, and his durability was amazing,” praised Dustin.
Dustin Poirier says he learned a lot in the Max Holloway fight
Dustin continued the answer by saying, “He took some heavy shots, I knew he was hurt multiple times, and every time the bell rang, he answered it. He came out ready to scrap and I’m thankful for it because I learned a lot in that fight.” Dustin and Max met for the first time in 2012 at the featherweight division where Poirier won the fight via submission at UFC 143. The second time the two elite fighters met was at UFC 236 when they fought for the interim lightweight belt.
Poirier won the fight via unanimous decision as the judges scored the card 49-46. Though in terms of skill Dustin and Max aren’t too far apart, Poirier had the advantage of size over Holloway. He was simply bigger and better than the Hawai fighter that night. Would you like to see a trilogy between Poirier and Holloway in the future?
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