"27 Have Tried. 27 Have Failed"

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“27 have tried, 27 have failed,” Poirier said about Nurmagomedov during the UFC 242 pre-fight press conference. “A lot of people have been asking me where do I see weaknesses in Khabib’s game or where do I think he makes mistakes. I’ve kind of been sitting back talking to my coaches and thinking about this and I don’t really need him to be weak for me to be strong. I don’t need huge, glaring holes.

“I’m going to create them with my pressure, with my fight IQ and just my experience and the amount of rounds and years I’ve been doing this. It’s going to be a very high level fight. You’ve got two guys on the pound-for-pound list, one of them’s undefeated, both of them are champions. Two champions are going on, one champion is coming out. This is going to be a huge fight. I’m excited about it. I’ll make those openings that we’re talking about.”

As much as it’s become common in the lead up to any fight in the UFC lately to see opponents tear each other down for the sake of promotion, Poirier isn’t going to insult Nurmagomedov just to make a few headlines.

Poirier knows that Nurmagomedov is as good as advertised, which is why he wanted this fight in the first place so could finally be the person to make him taste defeat.

“Experience, self-belief, my mindset,” Poirier responded when asked why he’s the person to finally beat Nurmagomedov. “I’m focused on making history and that’s all I care about. That’s what the next 11 weeks are going to be to prepare for 25 minutes to do whatever I have to do to get my hand raised.

“I don’t need to find huge holes. The guy’s good. I can’t sit up here and say anything bad about the guy. He’s good. He’s the world champ. But I’m going to make things happen in there and bring him to places he’s never been in there. That’s just it.”

--MMAFighting.com
 
Thanks for copying and pasting the entire article lol
 
I don't like either of them so my only hope is that one of them gets stopped. :)
 
Hoping Poirier finds a way but expecting Khabib to win.
 
Nobody is invincible and Khabib is no exception. Poirier is still not the one to defeat him: his TDD his mediocre and his ground game is solid, but not stellar.

I want to see Khabib vs Tony, this is a waste of time.
 
I'll be rooting for Khabib, if only because I really don't want this to be the fight he loses. I want the Tony fight next. For the belt.
 
Doesnt matter who I root for, all i know is Khabib will outclass Poirier. There are levels to this game.
 
I want Dustin to win but would 1000% prefer for Tony to be the guy to do it.
 
Poirier will prob lose but it will be absolutely glorious if he somehow wins
 
Could live with either one winning. I think it's good for a sport like MMA to have dominant champs like Khabib though.

On the other hand, as a person, Dustin seems deserving.
 
Khabib wins then Poirier will be considered a can to discredit Khabib's win.
 
zero D1 wrestlers have tried, risking his life to avoid usman, colby and woodley
 
Khabib wins then Poirier will be considered a can to discredit Khabib's win.

aren't kahbib's fans the ones calling conor overrated? And Al and Edson just got embarrassed in their last fights. So what exactly is khabibs "good" win? Journeyman michael johnson?
 
Nobody is invincible and Khabib is no exception. Poirier is still not the one to defeat him: his TDD his mediocre and his ground game is solid, but not stellar.

I want to see Khabib vs Tony, this is a waste of time.

Dustin's ground skills are great, but we saw him completely outclassed for three rounds in grappling exchanges in a beautiful performance by Cub Swanson, and Poirier's BJJ has definitely not changed dramatically since then - although his TDD may have, I still don't believe it will be enough to thwart Khabib for five rounds. We shall see, though. Anything can happen.
 
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