Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is less than a month away from the UFC 302 pay-per-view (PPV) event, recently made official for Sat., June 1, 2024 inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Headlining the card will be the lightweight title fight between reigning 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev and former interim titleholder Dustin Poirier.
Makhachev is expecting an “easy” fight.
Fans seem to be in agreement with the champ after watching him destroy the punch machine in the video above. While he’s know primarily for his wrestling, the Dagestani bruiser has also registered three knockouts in his UFC career, including his UFC 294 showstopper against then-featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.
“I’m going to put my hands on this guy,” Poirier told The MMA Hour. “I’m coming in there to hurt him. This is my last shot — mom’s spaghetti, let’s go. I haven’t been keeping up a whole lot, but when I was at the gym, Mike Brown told me, ‘Man, I think this guy may be underestimating your jiu-jitsu and underestimating how dangerous you are.’ I can finish and beat anybody at 155 pounds in the world. I really believe that, and he doesn’t have to believe it. I’m the one who has to believe it, and I’m the one who has to go out there and beat his ass.”
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