Makhachev beats Poirier by accommodation at UFC 302 to protect lightweight
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Makhachev beats Poirier by accommodation at UFC 302 to protect lightweight title
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Islam Makhachev had a frantic rival before him and a very remarkable sold-out swarm against him.
Absolutely no part of that halted him. Nothing has in quite a while.
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Makhachev shielded his lightweight title and stretched out his series of wins to 14 battles, the third longest in UFC history, by getting an accommodation triumph over Dustin Poirier in the fifth round on Saturday night at UFC 302.
Beating one of the game's refined veterans and a group — including previous President Donald Trump — that was against him all along, Makhachev ran his record to 26-1 and said a short time later he might climb in weight for another test.
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"This is my fantasy," Makhachev said.
There's positively not much left for the Russian at 155 pounds, where he protected his title for the third time and showed again why he is positioned as the pound-for-pound best in UFC.
Poirier (30-9) missed the mark in his third endeavor for the undisputed title, each of the three closure by accommodation. At 35, he is thinking about retirement.
"I must see. I figure this could be it," he said after the battle.
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He combat back after Makhachev controlled the primary round and bloodied the top dog's face later, however Makhachev brought him down halfway through the fifth and immediately jumped, with Poirier unfit to get away from the strangle hold.
"Amazing battle. The two people dug profound," UFC President Dana White said.
Makhachev, while deferential of the challenger's achievements, noticed for this present week that Poirier did well against fighters however was uncovered against contenders with wrestling foundations — which Makhachev records as his solidarity.
The boss appeared to be en route to a twelfth triumph by accommodation in the primary round when he brought Poirier down in the initial moment of the battle and kept him on the mat the remainder of the round.
Fans thundered when Poirier, the No. 4-positioned lightweight, got away from two or three takedown endeavors in the second, developing much stronger when he came to the horn toward the finish of the round.
The contenders had great trades in the third and fourth and both were bloodied, yet Makhachev didn't need to stress over taking additional punches.
"Glad to complete him, yet this person is as yet truly outstanding on the planet," Makhachev said of Poirier.
However Makhachev discussed his craving after to climb to 170 pounds, White appeared to be more keen on making a coordinate with Arman Tsarukyan, the No. 1-positioned competitor at lightweight, who is from Russia however addresses Armenia. In any case, Makhachev appears to be resolved to trying for another belt.
"If you have any desire to make an inheritance you need to get second belt," he said.
Poirier, the well known veteran from Louisiana who positions in the UFC's main five in profession triumphs, knockouts and completions, ran into maybe the best contender today. He was stifled out by Charles Oliveira and Khabib Nurmagomedov in his other title shots, and keeping in mind that White said that gave Poirier information he could use for this battle, winning it wasn't sufficient.
However it sounded on occasions such as retirement was the arrangement, he unquestionably didn't sound sure.
"I actually feel like I need to be title holder," he said.
In the co-headliner, previous middleweight champion Sean Strickland got back in the success segment with a split choice over Paulo Costa. Strickland had all the earmarks of being controlling what he called an exhausting battle against the Brazilian, who spent quite a bit of it retreating away from trades.
Strickland (29-6), who lost the title in his last session, additionally by split choice to Dricus Du Plessis in January, said a while later he needs one more shot.
"I need to battle for the belt," he said.
Strickland burned through the vast majority of the principal round utilizing short kicks to maintain the separation, tossing not many punches with the recently planned UFC gloves — planned by and large to forestall eye jabs — that he condemned until dropping Costa (14-4) with a right hand in the last moment of the round.
He pursued for the completion in the last minutes of the fifth round, wrecking Costa with a kick and surging after him before the clock ran out.
Trump entered to a boisterous applause similarly as the primer piece of the occasion was finishing. Days in the wake of turning into the main previous U.S. president to be sentenced for lawful offense wrongdoings in New York, he warmly greeted the broadcasters and waved his clench hands to allies who cheered him prior to sitting to watch the activity with White.
