Islam Makhachev predicted to ‘completely dominate’ Dustin Poirier by former two-division champion

Cejudo called back to Islam, stating his reason for picking this fight with Poirier. The lightweight champion had said that he wanted to be busy, and Dustin Poirier was the best available option at the time. Cejudo saw confidence in Makhachev’s words. Additionally, the lightweight champion has the backup of the former undefeated lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.

‘Triple C’ believes that Makhachev would follow the blueprint laid down by Khabib Nurmagomedov. ‘The Eagle’ had already fought and defeated Poirier at UFC 242, five years ago. All this led Henry Cejudo to believe that Dustin Poirier would likely not reach the championship rounds.

Kamaru Usman does not agree with Henry Cejudo on UFC 302

Kamaru Usman was the former UFC welterweight champion. He has a different opinion to that of Henry Cejudo. According to Usman, Dustin Poirier’s experience can lend him the upper hand in this upcoming fight at UFC 302.

During their discussion on the ‘Pound 4 Pound’ podcast, Usman pointed out that Poirier works well with southpaw opponents. The ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ brought the examples of Poirier’s last couple of fights to argue his point.

Poirier fought Conor McGregor, both southpaws, and we saw what he did to Conor. Dustin Poirier just fought Benoit Saint-Denis, and we saw what he did to him. Kamaru Usman via Pound 4 Pound podcast

This could very well be Dustin Poirier’s final shot at the UFC title. The former interim champion is confident he will secure the belt this time. They will fight this June at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Only time will tell who predicted the matchup correctly between Usman and Cejudo.