When Stipe Miocic defeated Daniel Cormier at the main event of UFC 241, many people called it the biggest upset of 2019. However, the ‘biggest’ might still not be here! If Khabib Nurmagomedov somehow ends up losing the Khabib vs Poirier fight at UFC 242, it is going to cause a lot of people to be upset!
The two men are all set to go head to head on the 7th of September at Abu Dhabi as they fight to unify the UFC World Lightweight Championship.
Ok anyone think Poirier is gonna beat khabib? If so why? I think khabib wins handily.
— the mma philospher (@smartdan51) August 20, 2019
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Return to UFC: Everything You Should Know
Khabib Nurmagomedov has not fought in UFC since October 2018 when he was served a ban for his post-match altercation with Khabib Nurmagomedov where the action spilled outside of the octagon. Khabib has held the UFC World Lightweight Championship since April 2018 and he faces Dustin Poirier, who is now the Interim champion to unify the titles.
Khabib holds the longest undefeated streak in MMA and is currently the second biggest name in the company’s pound-for-pound rankings, the first being Jon Jones, recently in the news for challenging Brock Lesnar.
Am I an idiot for maybe fancying Poirier against Khabib? Just saw a UFC promo where they pointed out that Poirier handled Gaethje, Alvarez and Holloway who were all world champions. Poirier is very good. If he's Khabib good I dunno but I kinda like his price as an underdog.
— Iain MacMillan (@IainMacMacMac) August 19, 2019
Khabib vs Poirier: A Huge Upset in the Works?
Dustin Poirier has faced the likes of Holloway and defeated him twice. He has faced Alvarez, Pettis, Gaethje and defeated all of them. His last loss came against Michael Johnson in September 2016! Since then, Poirier has been unstoppable. Khabib vs Poirier is expected to be a landmark fight in his career and one which he has a fairly good chance of winning – but one must never underestimate the undefeated Russian as well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkqpqZ-MCaI
