Advertisement. FIGHT ISLAND — The UFC has uploaded the full video of Dustin Poirier's bloody victory over Dan Hooker ahead of his Conor McGregor fight this month. The five-round Poirier and Hooker war, which took place behind-closed-doors at the UFC Apex on June 27 in Las Vegas, was a contender for the best bout of 2020 but narrowly lost the 4 days ago · White also announced a five-round co-main event between Dustin Poirier and Benoit Saint-Denis for UFC 299 on March 9. Oliveira was originally slated to rematch Islam Makhachev in the main event of Dustin Poirier was full of confidence heading into his fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in Abu Dhabi. However, the Louisiana-native was overwhelmed and outworked by Nurmagomedov's superior grappling. Over the course of his 29-fight professional MMA career, Khabib Nurmagomedov nailed most of his predictions. He took Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje "into deep waters and drowned In June 2019, Nurmagomedov signed a new multi-fight contract with the UFC. In the first fight of his new deal, Nurmagomedov made the second defence of his title against interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier on 7 September 2019 in the main event at UFC 242. He won the fight via a rear naked choke submission in the third round. The next lightweight title fight on the agenda is expected to pit Nurmagomedov against interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, though the fight has not yet been made official. Poirier October 11, 2023 9:30 am ET. Khabib Nurmagomedov believes UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev convincingly beat Alexander Volkanovski in their first fight. Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) retained his title in a unanimous decision win over featherweight champion Volkanovski (26-2 MMA, 13-1 UFC) this past February at UFC 284, a fight The fight ended in the 4 round when Khabib won via Submission. Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov. Conor Mcgregor vs Dustin Poirier. Dustin Poireir, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Nate Diaz, Joseph Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager has mocked Conor McGregor by claiming the Russian "took his manhood" after the Irishman claimed MMA was "easy work". McGregor has not fought in the UFC since July ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - SEPTEMBER 07: Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia lokks on against Dustin Poirier of United States in their Lightweight Title Bout during the UFC 242 event at The Arena tgMQg0Z.