Despite his grueling victory over Max Holloway at UFC 236, the song will remain the same for the lightweight division’s eternal underdog.
UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier opened as more than a 2-to-1 betting underdog in a future unification match against undefeated lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov, according to opening odds released Monday by online bookmaker BetOnline. Poirier opened as a +205 underdog, while Nurmagomedov opened as a -240 favorite to win the future contest, which is being tentatively discussed for September.
Those odds have only been pushed farther in their respective directions in the time since, with Poirier sitting as an even steeper +220 underdog and Nurmagomedov as a +260 favorite at the time of this writing.