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Editorial: Usman is not GSP, but great legacies don’t have to be the same legacies
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The leadup to Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal 2 for UFC 261 felt like the leadup to its matchmaking: lukewarm. It wasn’t the sexiest fight to make at welterweight. If anything, it felt like a step backwards for a champion who had nothing but momentum on his side. In spite of that, Usman took a crushing step forward.
That Kamaru would win was predictable enough. BE was unanimous in picking Usman. It was the ‘how’ that made the knockout win so impressive. Dominating the first round with clean fundamentals and a bit of spice, Usman capped the first round off with his trademark clinch and matwork, and got out of the first round with all the momentum on his side.
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Dustin Poirier stuns Conor McGregor with second-round TKO at UFC 257
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Poirier, McGregor exchange blows in first two rounds (0:47)
Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor go back and forth in Round 1, but it s all Poirier in Round 2 as he pulls out the stunning victory. (0:47)
Dustin Poirier avenged his loss to Conor McGregor and picked up by far the biggest win of his career.
The perennial UFC lightweight contender shocked McGregor, beating him via TKO after swarming him with punches at 2:32 of the second round Saturday night in the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Poirier first hurt McGregor on the right leg with kicks to the calf. With McGregor s leg compromised, Poirier ripped off a series of hard-punching combinations. The closing blow was a shovel right hand that dropped McGregor. Poirier followed on the ground, and referee Herb Dean stepped in to call it, marking the first KO or TKO loss of McGregor s 13-year career.