UFC analyst and welterweight champion Dan Hardy provided an excellent and deep expert break to get a preview of UFC 257: McGregor vs Poirier 2.
For the first episode of Inside The Octagon for the year 2021, John Gooden and Dan Hardy took an in-depth and detailed look at the rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. McGregor vs Poirier 2 will head UFC 257, the first pay-per-view card of 2021, on Saturday, January 23 in Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.
In the 24-minute program uploaded to the UFC’s official YouTube account, Gooden and Hardy discussed a number of topics related to the UFC 257 main event. Hardy broke the first meeting between McGregor and Poirier, and discussed the achievements which they followed up to the transplant.
Hardy believes that even before they split the octagon in their first fight, McGregor had already beaten Poirier:
“To be honest, that kind of fight started in the faces at the press conference, and all the opportunities McGregor had to interact with Poirier before the fight itself started, and that’s pretty normal of McGregor.Even Nate Diaz interrupted him in that famous speech after a fight, like ‘We don’t want to see you fight those people you already did at the ‘press conference.’ I felt that way from Poirier going in, and even in the face, you saw him react to McGregor. “
McGregor defeated Poirer with TKO in the first round in their first meeting back in 2014.
Dan Hardy believes 155-pound is the right weight class for Poirier in McGregor’s replacement
Because of how the first fight played out, Conor McGregor has already been seen as a favorite in his next round against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257.
UFC analyst Dan Hardy, however, believes Poirier has been a far better fighter since moving up to the 155-pound weight division.
“If we draw a line under his post as a featherweight and look at what he has done since he moved up, what I would say is that he gives a better punch, he is more stable, the position is better. he has, and he doesn’t lose that aggression that some people lose when they go up and fight bigger men. He still gets in his pocket with boys like Justin Gaethje and gives them the best pictures. He’s not trying to style and be the fastest fighter coming up from featherweight. He’s still brawling like he’s a big 155er, so I honestly feel that this phrase of Dustin Porier is the best version we can get, because 155 is the right weight class for him at the moment. seo. “
Since moving back up to light weight, Dustin Poirier hasn’t been as amazing. He has gone 10-2 with 1 without a contest, and in that field he recorded wins over Justin Gaethje, Anthony Pettis, Eddie Alvarez, MaX Holloway, and Dan Hooker. He was also a lightweight interim UFC champion and challenged Khabib Nurmagomedov for the title.
Published January 10, 2021, 12:56 IST