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Bleacher Report | September 9, 2019

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Poirier Says Khabib Loss Will 'Haunt' Him

It's fair to say Dustin Poirier has some regrets after his submission defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on Saturday.

The Russian ended the fight with a rear-naked choke in the third round to unify the lightweight division:

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AND STILL Khabib Nurmagomedov beats Dustin Poirier by submission in Round 3 to retain the UFC lightweight championship ud83cudfc6 28-0 #UFC242 https://t.co/0RH12ssfUg

Per MMA Fighting's Alexander K. Lee, Poirier said:

"I'm familiar with adversity.

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