Maekyung.com MK Sports Reporter Park Chan-hyung
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor (33, Ireland) lost the second leg against Dustin Poirier (32, USA). The first confrontation before 2312 days was different in both circumstances and results.
McGregor won the UFC257 main event (lightweight, -70kg) held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE on the 24th (Korean time), but was TKO by Poirier’s fist in the second round after 2 minutes and 32 seconds. Losing the punch in the first round while being pushed out of the kick resulted in defeat.
I lost two times in the last three games. It is the first sluggishness experienced after 27 matches of his debut in mixed martial arts.
UFC lightweight champion Habib Nurmagomedov (33, Russia) has risen as the title match victory overwhelming McGregor in 2018 and Poirier in 2019 was refocused.
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor (left) lost in the second leg against interim champion Dustin Poirier (right). The rematch held in 6 years, 3 months and 29 days was the opposite result of the first game. Photo = UFC official SNS The first game of McGregor-Poirier 6 years, 3 months and 29 days ago was one of the UFC178 main cards, but it was not the last game, that is, the main event. The weight was also featherweight (-66kg), and neither were stars representing mixed martial arts as they are now.
McGregor defeated Poirier with a punch TKO within 1 minute and 46 seconds of the first match, and became UFC featherweight provisional champion after two games. Since then, he has created a number of topics such as a featherweight regular champion, a lightweight championship, a welterweight (-77kg) challenge, and a pro boxing battle with Floyd Mayweather (44, USA).
After being beaten by McGregor, Poirier won 9-1, 1 invalid in 11 matches, and became the UFC Lightweight Provisional Champion. His defeat in the unified title match halted, but he recovered with two consecutive wins, including a rematch with McGregor. [email protected]
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