MIAMI – In spite of his tenure within the game,Dustin Poirier remains to be hungry to change into an undisputed UFC champion.
The previous meantime champion and seasoned veteran made it transparent that he has all of the goal of running his as far back as the highest, so he can problem for UFC gold as soon as once more. Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) let the arena know of his final purpose following his vicious KO win over Benoit Saint-Denis (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC 299.
“That’s the one explanation why I’m preventing,” Poirier mentioned on the post-fight information convention. “I began preventing to be the arena champion, to be the most productive on the planet, undisputed. We need to see. I’ve to get house, communicate to my coaches, my spouse, and my control, and we’ll see what’s subsequent. I don’t know. However sure, I’ve carried out so much on this game.
“I’m now not looking to brag, however I’ve carried out so much on this game. I’ve been preventing for a very long time. I believe this used to be round my fiftieth MMA combat, and I’ve carried out so much, checked numerous bins. However there’s nonetheless one field unchecked, and that’s being a global champion.”
Poirier, who entered UFC 299 coming off a KO loss to Justin Gaethje again in July, used to be relieved to get his hand raised on Saturday and turn out that he’s nonetheless a number of the elite within the…
