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Dustin Poirier on fighting with emotion: McGregor ‘really messed with my head’

The top UFC lightweight from ATT recalls his fight with Conor McGregor and how it changed his approach to MMA.

Dustin Poirier is once again on the cusp of title contention. No, not at featherweight. This time around, he’s rebuilt himself as a standout lightweight fighter, with wins over Carlos Diego Ferreira, Yancy Medeiros, Joe Duffy, and most recently Bobby Green. The Green fight was especially impressive.

Bobby Green is a longtime, top tier vet, the kind of fighter who only tends to lose to other very good competition, and even in his losses has tended to be a very tough out.