Dustin Poirier reacted to Eddie Alvarez’s recent claim that he quit during their bout UFC 211, insisting that it was the former lightweight champion deliberately used illegal strikes to find a way out of the contest.
Initially, ‘The Diamond’ was complimentary when it came to breaking down Alvarez’s recent win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 218.
“I thought it was going to be a very different fight,” Poirier told Ariel Helwani on the latest episode of The MMA Hour.
“I thought I was going to be a brawl and whoever landed flush first was going to win.