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
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(Pocket-lint) - UFC fans love a good trilogy. From Liddell vs Couture to Silva vs ‘Rampage’ Jackson, there’s nothing quite like fighters in their prime stepping into the Octagon in search of that deciding win.
And at UFC 264, former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will look to round off this seven-year rivalry with a win over former interim UFC lightweight champion Justin Poirier.
It’s one of the most anticipated fights of the year, and it serves as the main event of an already stacked card that features the likes of Sean O’Malley, Stephen Thompson, and Irene Aldana. Here’s why you should be watching UFC 264.
Bouncing back from a headlining loss to former undisputed bantamweight champion, Holly Holm last October Irene Aldana scores another knockout win in her UFC run, stopping the #5 ranked, Yana Kunitskaya with a late opening round barrage on the main card of UFC 264.
Countering Russian contender, Kunitskaya with a massive, perfectly-placed check left hook, Aldana dropped the American Top Team trainee, before swarming with some well-landed ground shots afterward.
Patiently assuming guard before landing a slicing elbow, Aldana forced Kunitskaya to belly-out before unloading with a barrage from the top, forcing referee, Jason Herzog to stop the bout. The victory for Aldana comes as her first since a knockout stoppage over the then-undefeated, Ketlen Vieira at UFC 244 in November 2019.
Over-the-top promises of gruesome Octagonal violence.
And never a failed opportunity to work in some product placement.
Sounds a lot like a Conor McGregor fight week.
Indeed, the most recognizable persona in combat sports was back in the building Saturday night in Las Vegas, where the Irish firebrand met Dustin Poirier atop the UFC 264 pay-per-view show at T-Mobile Arena.
It was the third go-round between the two-division rivals.
McGregor won by first-round TKO in a featherweight bout at UFC 178 in 2014 and then was stopped in two rounds by Poirier when the scene shifted to lightweight in their January rematch.
Their trilogy bout topped a 12-fight card that included eight other ranked fighters from four weight classes, beginning with the early preliminaries shortly before 7 p.m. ET and extending all the way until Poirier s hand was raised following the main event around 12:30 a.m.
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