Dustin Poirier sent a strong message to Dana White after his knockout win against Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299.
Despite being considered the underdog, Poirier managed to come back from a difficult first round and knocked out Saint-Denis with a solid right hook in the second round.
Dustin Poirier reveals what he said to Dana White after his win at #UFC299
“Hey, you want me to fight these young motherf***ers, huh? This is what happens.”
🎥 @arielhelwani #TheMMAHour pic.twitter.com/qG00neVwpR
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) March 11, 2024
After the fight, Poirier compared his conversation with Dana White to talking to Trump and expressed his willingness to fight young fighters.
Although Poirier acknowledged the tough challenge Saint-Denis posed, he proved the doubters wrong and advised his opponent to take time off for proper healing before returning to the Octagon.
Poirier emphasized the importance of prioritizing health in the sport. With this victory, Poirier’s record improved to 30-8 and he bounced back from his previous knockout loss to Justin Gaethje.
Dana White praised Poirier for accepting the fight against a lower-ranked opponent and proving the skeptics wrong. White deemed the fight legendary, where Poirier faced a formidable opponent and won in spectacular fashion.
He mentioned that in the UFC, the fighters determine their own victories and losses, and the promotion aims to arrange the best matchups.
As a result of his impressive win, Poirier may have positioned himself for another title shot. There has been interest from both Poirier and Islam Makhachev, the UFC lightweight champion, to make the fight happen in June.
Poirier’s stock has risen once again due to his performance.
Do we have a UFC lightweight title fight for June? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ms9bHMQu6u
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 11, 2024
Overall, Dustin Poirier’s knockout win against Benoit Saint-Denis has garnered attention and praise.
He proved his resilience and willingness to face tough opponents, leading to potential future opportunities in the lightweight division.
Fans reacted as follows.
The violence trio at lightweight will be talked about for years
— Charles “Da Sheikh” (@SheikCharless) March 11, 2024
I mean he almost got finished let’s not pretend it was a wash
— hello 123 (@hello123_______) March 11, 2024
Ur literally celebrating beating up inexperienced fighters
— Chris (@juiceymannn6) March 11, 2024
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Saint Denis was not on his level of striking but he’s not on islams level of wrestling
— King Rabb MMA (@BigDaddyRabb) March 11, 2024
Man I would love to see Dustin finally get that belt
— Quan (@quan_eth) March 11, 2024
Hopefully. I need to see Islam vs Poirier or Gaethje. It'd be interesting to see if he could take their shots.
— Dusan Krstic (@dkvideoediting) March 11, 2024
Anyone getting title shots now a days 😂 force the actual top contenders to face each other so islam can fight a guy with a big name who definitely doesn’t deserve it yet. 3 guys ready to fight for the title while islams been sitting out…
— Jake Kelly (@_kake_jelly_) March 11, 2024
Do or die for Dustin at this point…he's fought everyone at the top of the division, lost to them, and now he has his final shot at gold. I don't think he wins this but there's no one else that Islam can even fight in June
— adequateQwality (@adequateQwality) March 11, 2024
Justin is really gonna regret taking that Holloway fight lol prob will end up never getting another chance at the title now.
— DarbyOGill (@DarbyOG82) March 11, 2024
