American Dustin Poirier will pose no danger to the Russian UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev AMC Fight Nights welterweight champion Dmitry Bikrev told .
Earlier, UFC head Dana White announced that the fight between Makhachev and Poirier will headline the UFC 302 tournament, which will be held on June 1 in the United States. Makhachev won the lightweight belt in October 2022 and made two successful defenses against former UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski. Poirier has 30 wins and eight losses. Poirier has previously fought for the UFC lightweight belt twice, losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2020 and to Charles Oliveira in December 2021.
“Dustin doesn’t stand a chance.” His Islam will simply move and hover. I don’t see how Dustin can win. It’s unlikely that Poirier will be able to throw any sort of choke. Islam is a great, great and powerful fighter. I don’t think Poirier will be able to surprise him with anything,” Bikrev told .
On Saturday, Russian fighter of Armenian origin Arman Tsarukyan defeated Brazilian Charles Oliveira at the UFC 300 tournament in Las Vegas (USA). Previously, White said the winner of the fight would have to meet Makhachev, who had previously defeated Tsarukyan and Oliveira.
— The fight turned out to be cool and interesting. I discovered Armand on the other side, he has a big heart. The situation he got out of was that the battle started very badly for him. I’m surprised how they were able to give Oliveiro the victory. Yes, one round was equal, the rest would have been given to Tsarukyan. In any case, Arman will compete with Makhachev. Yes, the performance with Oliveira was limited due to the bad start and all the ambient pressure. And Oliveira himself is a dangerous guy. In general, after such a performance, I would in no case rule out Arman from a possible rematch with Makhachev. There are some nuances here. Arman fought well, he is a physically gifted athlete,” Bikrev added.
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