Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has been tipped as a surefire contender for the moniker as the greatest lightweight of all-time with a victory over Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 this weekend – with Aljamain Sterling pointing to the Lafayette veteran’s strength of schedule.
Poirier, the current number four ranked lightweight contender and a former interim gold holder in the division, returns this weekend at UFC 302 in a massive title fight headliner against pound-for-pound number one, Makhachev.
Twice failing in prior attempts to mint himself as the undisputed lightweight kingpin, Poirier was submitted in third round rear-naked choke losses to first, Khabib Nurmagomedov – who corners Makhachev in New Jersey, before a 2021 defeat against Charles Oliveira.