Dustin Poirier isn’t too familiar with Michael Chandler, but he knows Justin Gaethje all too well.
Poirier beat Gaethje via fourth-round TKO in a Fight of the Night classic at UFC on FOX 29, but ‘The Diamond’ didn’t walk away from the cage scot-free.
That’s why he’s picking Gaethje to beat Chandler when both men square off in the octagon at UFC 268 on Nov. 6.
“I kind of favor Gaethje in that matchup,” Poirier said on American Top Team’s “Punchin’ In” podcast (h/t MMAJunkie.com). “Chandler is going to have trouble getting him down, holding him down and to avoid those big shots.