Josh Emmett Sees Dustin Poirier Capturing The Lightweight Title At UFC 269

Josh Emmett, #7-ranked UFC featherweight, analyzes the lightweight title clash between Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira on Dec.11 at UFC 269. 

Emmett breaks down Poirier vs Oliveira:

“I think [Oliveira] best chance would be getting Poirier to the cage and then somehow trying to hop on his back or something like that. But then we’ve seen Oliveira’s striking has been getting better and better, too. It’s super crisp and he throws those big knees right up the middle as well that can catch you. 

“But it also depends on which Oliveira shows up, you know. Cause we’ve seen some where he’s….noone can beat him. Then we’ve seen some fights, in the past, where it wasn’t going his way and then those people seem to play off that momentum and end up beating him.”

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Fighter profile

Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier is a 32 year old male fighter from the United States with 28 pro wins and 6 losses. Poirier is scheduled to fight Charles Oliveira at UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier on Saturday December 11, 2021.

Dustin Poirier’s recent form coming into this matchup

Dustin Poirier has gone 4-1 in the last 5 professional MMA fights.

• Win vs Conor McGregor • KO/TKO R1 5:00 • 2021-07-10
• Win vs Conor McGregor • KO/TKO R2 2:32 • 2021-01-23
• Win vs Dan Hooker • Decision R5 5:00 • 2020-06-27
• Loss vs Khabib Nurmagomedov • Submission R3 2:06 • 2019-09-07
• Win vs Max Holloway • Decision R5 5:00 • 2019-04-13

Dustin Poirier’s next opponent: Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira

Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira’s recent form coming into this matchup

Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira is a 32 year old male fighter from Brazil with 31 pro wins and 8 losses. Oliveira is scheduled to fight Dustin Poirier at UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier on Saturday December 11, 2021.

Charles Oliveira has gone 5-0 in the last 5 professional MMA fights.

• Win vs Michael Chandler • KO/TKO R2 0:19 • 2021-05-15
• Win vs Tony Ferguson • Decision R3 5:00 • 2020-12-12
• Win vs Kevin Lee • Submission R3 0:28 • 2020-03-14
• Win vs Jared Gordon • KO/TKO R1 1:26 • 2019-11-16
• Win vs Nik Lentz • KO/TKO R2 2:11 • 2019-05-18

How to watch and bet on Dustin Poirier vs Charles Oliveira

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