Mark Henry just wanted to congratulate Dustin Poirier and wish him the best. Poirier, at the time, wanted nothing to do with it.
After Poirier’s second-round TKO win over Eddie Alvarez, Henry’s pupil, in the main event of UFC on FOX 30 last month, Henry was hoping to shake Poirier’s hand, Henry told MMA Fighting. Poirier blew him off, leading to what looked on television to be a heated confrontation.
“I walked up to Dustin to congratulate him,” Henry said. “He says, Get the blank away from me. Which I did. I’m like, you know what?