The stakes don’t get much higher for Dustin Poirier this Saturday.
Poirier has said in the past that fight night is his one chance to “make life fair” and he can do a hell of a lot more than that when he meets Khabib Nurmagomedov in a lightweight championship unification bout at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. If Poirier beats Nurmagomedov, he’ll go from interim to undisputed, become the one in 27-1, and by his own estimation emerge as the greatest ever to compete at 155 pounds.
It’s not the most outlandish claim given that Poirier is stepping into the Octagon with a man widely considered to be one of the best of all-time to compete in MMA, regardless of weight class.