Lafayette-native, Dustin Poirier is headed into the biggest fight of his career. Poirier won the Interim UFC Lightweight Championship in April of 2019. The previous champion, (27-0) Khabib Nurmagomedov, had been temporarily suspended after a controversial incident outside of the octagon after Nurmagomedov’s successful title defense against Conor McGregor. Now that Nurmagomedov is back, he’ll face-off against Poirier to unify the UFC Lightweight Title this Saturday, Sept. 7th, 2019 at UFC 242.
Leading up to the big fight, Poirier has used his position as a champion to help change the world. Poirier’s “The Good Fight“ is helping to rebuild a water supply in Uganda after a torrential flood ruined a water source for a community. His kind nature and charity efforts have led many fans to call Poirier a “peoples’ champion.”
“I am a fighter. It’s what I do. I want to use my platform to fight for as many people as I can.” – Dustin Poirier
You can help at TheGoodFightGroup.com
Still, the toughest test has yet to come for Poirier. The undefeated Nurmagomedov plans to regain what he feels is rightfully his. Both fighters have exciting stand-up skills and the fight will most certainly be one of the most entertaining on the card.
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