What can we say about Dustin Poirier that has not already been said, the man has come so far in his career in recent years. After a bumpy ride to the top and back down at featherweight, Dustin was running out of options, the weight cuts began to get harder and harder, and he was having difficulty performing with top 5 featherweights. After little consideration I assume, the only way for Dustin was up.
Moving up to lightweight has easily been the best decision of Dustin's professional career to date, he has had much success since moving up and has never looked better, his overall game has improved dramatically.
Record since moving to Lightweight
As you can see he has secured 5 bouses since moving up, and has been fighting top guys. Now whether he stands a chance against Khabib, I'm not to sure, but of all the guys in the Lightweight division, Porrier or Alvarez make the most sense right now.
They both just knocked out Justin Gaethje in two absolutely insane fight, Conor is due in court soon, Ferguson is recovering from surgery and Barboza and Lee are fighting this weekend, so that leaves Eddie and Dustin, who themselves had a no contest fight last year, due to an illegal knee mistakenly being landed by Alvarez.
If Khabib is willing to stay active, I think Dustin is the fight to make, or maybe if Khabib wants a small rest, Dustin and Eddie could have a number 1 contender rematch, I know I'd watch it, their last fight was wild before it finished the way it did. Lemme know your thoughts below.
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