Former interim light-weight champion, Dustin Poirier has as soon as extra hit out at long-standing rival, Michael Chandler, claiming he would have bitten off the previous’s fingers if he was combating with no mouthguard of their UFC 281 grudge battle — alleging the previous cheated in an try and submit him.
Poirier, the present quantity 4 ranked light-weight challenger, is but to e book his slated retirement outing amid hyperlinks to a summer season comeback to the Octagon for one closing battle in fight sports activities — claiming a possible UFC New Orleans occasion is within the works to host his comeback.
As for Chandler, the veteran former vacant title chaser is slated to co-headline UFC 314 in April, taking over surging Liverpool grappling expertise, Paddy Pimblett over the course of 5 rounds in Florida.
Dustin Poirier goes in on bitter enemy, Michael Chandler
Nonetheless, sharing a definite rivalry since their UFC 281 assembly on the finish of 2022, Poirier not too long ago mirrored on the pairing, claiming Chandler tried to cheat throughout a submission try, and revealed he really bit down on the Missouri native’s fingers in a bid to tear them off.
“He’s (Michael Chandler) fake, bro,” Dustin Poirier stated throughout an interview with Outta Pocket with RGIII. “And he is likely to be a very good particular person at house, however my private expertise, he’s pretend, man. However we do that knuckle sh*t, so I used to be much more mad. Let’s battle then. And he’s a cheater. Bro, I may go on for days. I get so amped up about this.
“I get p*ssed off, he does all types of stuff — blows the blood in my eyes after I break his nostril. That’s cool, I’ve executed that earlier than, however I admitted it after. After which Chandler, I introduced it up, and he stated he didn’t do it. Simply admit it, bro. You’re so pretend.
“Then, he stuck his fingers in my mouth to lift my neck up for a rear-naked choke,” Dustin Poirier continued. “He’s on my again, I’m making an attempt to get off the fence, he sticks his fingers inside my mouth, grips my mouth guard, pulls my head as much as attempt to get his hand beneath my chin. Bro, I chunk his fingers so laborious.
“Let me tell you what, you heard it here first, if I didn’t have a mouth guard on my top teeth and my teeth could touch together, he’d be walking around [with two fewer fingers] forever. I had a grip so good because I felt my bottom teeth go into his skin. I bet you he was cut. He knows what I’m talking about, you h*e.”
