Poirier on the scale and McGregor alongside. Photo: Disclosure/UFC
The walk of Conor McGregor even the Ultimate belt was short and fatal. Not only because he knocked out the vast majority of his opponents, but the Irishman also caused psychological damage to one of his victims. In case, Dustin poirier, who even moved up a category to lightweight, revealed that the current featherweight champion completely messed with his psychology.
In an interview with the North American website 'FloCombat', Poirier detailed that he has always been a very emotional fighter with the famous 'kill or be killed' mentality. However, Conor knew how to use this against the athlete himself, and in a special moment right before the fight at UFC 178, he made Poirier become a completely new fighter after the fact.
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“I have always been an emotional fighter and this emotion gave me a lot of strength in my first performances. I was angry because I was about to enter (the octagon) and 'fight' someone who was trying to hurt me in the same way I wanted to hurt them, so that energy led me to that thought of 'kill or be killed'. dead',” he stated. “I always saw it as an additional, but the fight against Conor was a radical change. I remember being backstage getting ready to make my entrance when I saw him and he gave me a smile and pointed at me. I don't know what happened to me. That really messed with my head. I mean, I was about to go in and fight the guy and he was smiling at me back there? After that fight, I knew I had to find a different way to use that emotion.”, he revealed.
After his confrontation with Conor, Dustin poirier He moved up to the lightweight category and recorded four victories in four fights. With 20 wins and just 4 losses in his career, the North American faced the Irishman at UFC 178 in September 2014, where he was knocked out in just 1 minute and 46 seconds of combat.
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