American fighter Dustin Poirier believes his fight with the Russian UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will end early.
The fight between Makhachev and Poirier will take place on June 1 in Newark (New Jersey, USA).
– Do you think Makhachev is currently the best fighter in the world?
– We’ll find out on Saturday. He is the first pound-for-pound number [вне зависимости от весовых категорий], the current champion. He wins by chokes and knockout. This fight certainly won’t last all 25 minutes; it will end sooner than expected. One of us is going to collapse. “I’m going to knock him out,” Poirier said at a news conference.
Makhachev, 32, has 25 victories and one defeat in mixed martial arts. Poirier, 35, has won 30 victories and lost eight fights, one of his fights was declared invalid.
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