Khabib Nurmagomedov enjoyed an illustrious career before finally hanging up the gloves and retiring from MMA in 2020. 181 - Max Holloway (UFC 236)178 - @DustinPoirier 174 - Dustin Poirier (vs Poirier faced the undefeated and undisputed UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on September 7, 2019, in a title unification bout at UFC 242. He lost the bout via rear-naked choke submission in the third round. 2020. Poirier faced Dan Hooker on June 27, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker. Lightweight world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated interim champion Dustin Poirier in their UFC 242 title unification bout in Abu Dhabi. Nurmagomedov, 30, submitted America's Poirier in the He's lost two title fights at 155lbs, albeit to now-former champions Khabib Nurmagomedov and Oliveira. Despite his title fight setbacks, Poirier is still one of the top fighters in the world and Perhaps the greatest reason for believing that Islam Makhachev will beat the winner of Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier is that he’s the closest thing in the division to Khabib Nurmagomedov. Dana White announces that Khabib Nurmagomedov's next fight will be against Dustin Poirier, and he provides an update on Conor McGregor. (1:16) Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff Writer Jun 4, 2019, 12:55 PM ET V7OrJrZ. The victory marks Poirier's fifth over former champions and puts him in a position to challenge for the title that a seemingly retired Khabib Nurmagomedov still holds. Khabib Nurmagomedov, who feuded with Conor McGregor before and after their 2018 fight, sure was happy about Dustin Poirier’s victory. Good always defeats evil. Very happy for @DustinPoirier I View the profile of the MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov from Russia on ESPN (UK). Get the latest news, live stats and MMA fight highlights. His 2018 beatdown of Conor McGregor, a former champ, was the biggest spectacle in UFC history, and Nurmagomedov followed that up with last year's submission of Dustin Poirier. The Poirier win Despite being the consensus top lightweight in mixed martial arts in the wake of last fall's retirement of the indomitable Khabib Nurmagomedov, Poirier had opted not to immediately go for the

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