Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 06-01-2024, great performance by both fighters: Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier mma fight received three stars (UFC Fight of the Night and UFC Performance of the Night – see their rankings we’re back Best Mma Fights of 2024).The Poirier vs Makhachev fight is scheduled for Saturday, June 1, at Prudential Center in Newark (New Jersey, USA), in a 5-round lightweight bout (155 lbs, 70 kg); this was the main event of UFC 302 and featured for the UFC lightweight championship. Watch the video and Rate this fight!
Muslim record Makhachev
Judo black belt, 2016 World Combat Sambo champion and Ufc Lw champion Islam Makhachev Enter this match with a professional mma record of 25-1-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as No.1 lighter in the world.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Adriano Martins in 2015, since then he has won 13 consecutive fights when he defeated Charles Oliveira (Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev) and twice Alexander Volkanovski in his last three fights (the first ranked in the user’s top 10 mma fights of 2023, Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski I And Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski II).
Dustin Poirier’s record
His opponent, Bjj black belt and former interim Ufc Lw champion Dustin Poirierhave official records about 8-30-0 (77% completion rate) and he joined as Number 6 in lightweight.
He lost to Justin Gaethje in 2023 (4 star fight and also ranked in the top 10 user mma fights of 2023, Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje 2) but he returned to win with Benoit St Denis in March 2024 (Dustin Poirier vs Benoit St Denis).
In the number Poirier’s best fightWe recommend four passes:
Battle card
Here’s the full fight card for UFC 302 (we’ll update it after weigh-ins):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier
Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa
Kevin Holland vs Michal Oleksiejczuk
Alex Morono vs Niko Price
Randy Brown vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN 2/ ESPN+)
Roman Kopylov vs. Cesar Almeida
Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov
Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki
Philip Rowe vs. Jake Matthews
EARLY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Bassil Hafez vs. Mickey Gall
Ailin Perez vs. Joselyne Edwards
Andre Lima vs. Mitch Raposo
Countdown – Preview the video
Watch the full official video of the UFC 302 Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier countdown, a documentary to get a better insight into the lives of both fighters and how they prepare for their fight.
Embed: Vlog Stream
Watch all episodes of UFC 302 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post a list of all the videos or if that’s not possible, post individual clips).
Press conference before the match
Watch the UFC 302 pre-fight press conference featuring Dustin Poirier and Islam Makhachev for free!
Consider
Watch the UFC 302 fight video: Makhachev vs Poirier face-off and face-off from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video/highlights
Below we will post the best videos about the match between Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier as soon as the match ends. If you’ve seen the entire fight, you can rate it at the end of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook etc. and are not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official Highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won the Makhachev vs Poirier match?
Islam Makhachev defeated Dustin Poirier by submission (d’arce choke) at 2:42, round 5.
Interview after the match
Hear the words of the winner or two fighters after their fight, here is Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier’s UFC 302 post-fight octagon interview.
Press conference after the match
Watch and listen to the official post-fight press conference video of UFC 302, with the main event being Dustin Poirier and Islam Makhachev (free live streaming from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus prizes
UFC 302 Fight of the Night: Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier
UFC 302 Performances of the Night: Islam Makhachev, Kevin Holland
