In a jaw-dropping second-round TKO, Dustin Poirier avenges his loss to Conor McGregor, making this the biggest win of his career so far.
The UFC lightweight contender shocks McGregor in a TKO win at 2:32 of the second round of Saturday night’s main event of UFC 257, hosted in Abu Dhabi. McGregor led the first round, landing several hard hooks to Poirier, snapping his head back but not hurting him enough to win the match.
In the second round, Poirier first weakens McGregor with kicks to the right calf, leaving him compromised. In a series of hard-punching combinations, McGregor’s highly anticipated return quickly becomes an unforgettable upset as Poirier delivers the closing righthand blow to drop McGregor. Poirier follows him to the ground, landing a couple more before the referee steps in and calls the match. This marks the first-ever KO or TKO loss in McGregor’s 13-year MMA career.
Poirier and McGregor first met in the ring in 2014 as featherweights, where McGregor won by TKO in 106 seconds. This recent fight marks McGregor’s first fight since his explosive 40-second KO over Donald Cerrone in January 2020 and his first lightweight loss to Nurmagomedov since 2018.
The UFC 257 took place in the Etihad Arena under pandemic protocols and in front of a limited amount of fans, making this the first UFC pay-per-view event with ticketed fans since March 2020.
SCORE: EQUALED.
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