Matches to Make After UFC 264
It didn’t end the way anyone drew it up, but Dustin
Poirier can now claim bragging rights in the biggest trilogy in
the history of the lightweight division.
In the main event of
UFC 264 on Saturday, “The Diamond” spent much of the first
round thumping Conor
McGregor on the ground before dropping him again right before
the bell. That sequence turned out not to be a knockdown but a
broken left leg for McGregor, prompting a doctor stoppage between
rounds. Post-fight, the scene was deeply unsatisfying for all
involved: Poirier forced to settle for a strange injury TKO in a