Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier is the current #2 ranked UFC Lightweight and #7 pound-for-pound fighter with a professional MMA record of 28-wins, 7-losses, and 1-no-contest. Poirier is a former interim UFC Lightweight Champion and holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
The opponent for Dustin Poirier's next fight has yet to be officially determined, but speculation is centered around a rematch with Justin Gaethje, as well as potential matchups with Beneil Dariush or Rafael Fiziev.
Poirier made his MMA debut in 2009 at USA MMA 7 against Aaron Suarez. Poirier KO'ed Aaron in 79 seconds and proceeded to win his next 6-fights, finishing his opponents in all of them. He then signed with World Extreme Cagefighting in 2010.
Dustin fought Danny Castillo at WEC 50 in his promotion debut and lost the fight via unanimous decision. He bounced back from the defeat and won his next fight against Zach Micklewright inside 1-minute via TKO.
Poirier joined the UFC in 2010 after WEC merged with the promotion.
Dustin Poirier made his UFC debut at featherweight on short notice at UFC 125 against Josh Grispi. Poirier scored a convincing unanimous decision and continued his run by defeating Jason Young and Pablo Garza before fighting Max Holloway at UFC 143. Poirier devastated Holloway throughout the fight and submitted him in the first round via triangle armbar.
Poirier next fought Chan Sung Jung in his card headliner at UFC on Fuel TV: The Korean Zombie vs. Poirier. Both the fighters had a back and forth battle that ended in the fourth round when Jung scored a technical submission with a Brabo choke. Poirier went 1-1 in his next 2-fights, defeating Jonathan Brookins and losing to Cub Swanson before getting his momentum back and going on a 3-fight win streak in the promotion.
Dustin fought Conor McGregor at UFC 178. McGregor ended Poirier's win streak and dominated him before finishing him via a flurry of punches inside 2-minutes. After this loss, Poirier moved back to lightweight.
Poirier defeated Yancy Medeiros via first-round TKO(punches) at UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson. He then defeated Joseph Duffy and Bobby Green to get a UFC card headliner fight at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson against Michael Johnson. Poirier again came up short in a big fight as Johnson KO'ed him via punches in the first round. Dustin rallied back and defeated Jim Miller via majority decision and earned a fight of the night bonus. He next fought Eddie Alvarez to a no-contest as Alvarez connected with illegal knees on Poirier's downed head.
He then went on a rampage and defeated Anthony Pettis via submission, Justin Gaethje via TKO, and Eddie Alvarez via TKO before fighting for the interim UFC Lightweight Championship against Max Holloway in a UFC rematch. Poirier outworked Holloway and defeated him by unanimous decision to capture the belt and guarantee a UFC Lightweight title unification fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Poirier fought Nurmagomedov at UFC 242. Khabib out grappled Poirier and defeated him in the third round after locking in a rear-naked choke submission. Following this loss, Poirier put on a fight of the year-worthy fight against Dan Hooker at UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker. Poirier managed to squeeze out a unanimous decision victory and then went on to rematch Conor McGregor at UFC 257. Poirier got his revenge on McGregor as he knocked him out in the second round to set up a trilogy fight.
Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor fought for the third time at UFC 264. Dustin dominated McGregor and controlled the Octagon to outwork the Irishman. The bout ended when McGregor suffered a broken tibia during the last seconds of the first round. The doctor stopped the fight and, Poirier got the victory. However, following his victory at UFC 264, Poirier lost against Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 via submission.
Dustin Poirier's current record stands at 28-7 (1).
Dustin Poirier fought and lost against Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 for the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Below is the professional MMA record of Dustin Poirier:
