Disrespecting Dustin Poirier?

Good Guy / Bad Guy

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🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On this episode of Good Guy / Bad Guy…Are people disrespecting Dustin Poirier? Lightweight Champ Islam Makhachev is a massive betting favorite over Poirier for UFC 302, but why are so many overlooking him? Is this matchup closer than people think? Find out what DC & Chael have to say. Plus, Conor McGregor says he wants to fight three times this year. After his bout with Michael Chandler, he wants to fight at the Sphere in September, then again in December. You do not want to miss who the guys want his next two fights to be. And “This Week in MMA History” we take a trip down memory lane to when DC first became a UFC World Champ against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson for the Light Heavyweight Title. Stick around because what he remembers most about that night will give you all the feels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Daniel, we got a fan question coming from Robert Evans, and he's asking you, D.C.
0:05.2	How does it feel to be only inches away from greatness?
0:09.2	You know, Chale, honestly, my life has gotten a lot better since I started to do this show with you. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to share the screen with the bad guy. What's up guys? What's up, up guys? Welcome to a new episode of Good Guy, Bad Guy. I'm Daniel Cormier and that right there is the fighting But as we get into this show chale, we spoke about your fighting career and it is very long and it's going to be going on for a while now.
1:00.0	But a guy who has a long career head of him is the lightweight champion the world is
1:03.4	machev. He's fighting Dustin Poirier, we all know that. What is surprising no chill is
1:09.4	the odds and Islam aachev is a massive favorite over Dustin Poirier to retain his championship
1:18.8	at UFC 302.
1:19.8	Cheel, is this a mistake?
1:23.3	Dustin Poirier is plus 375, Islam minus 550, Islam is only plus 105 to win this fight by submission. So essentially people are saying the most likely
1:37.1	outcome in this fight is for Islam Ahachev to submit Dustin Poirier. Is this a mistake by the judge by the guys setting the line to make this so heavily in Islam's favor?
1:52.0	It only becomes a problem is if Islam believes that I don't think Islam does listen we had him on here two weeks ago I asked him that question flat out even with the language barrier
2:03.2	He was able to understand what I was asking,
2:05.1	which is, hey, Islam, are you underestimating?
2:07.4	Are you looking past?
2:09.1	Are you not aware of the problem that Dustin Poirier presents and Islam said no way brother that is an exact quote he says he does get it
2:17.6	that the only reason he had been calling out Islam I apologize that Islam hadn't called
2:21.7	out Dustin he just didn't think Dustin could return to the number one
2:24.8	Contendorship it wasn't that he overlooked him or didn't respect him as an opponent
2:28.4	He said I didn't think Dustin could get back here but after he gets a knock out over st.
2:31.4	diney after Armand turns him down what a difference a day could make.
2:36.1	And I really didn't need to hear that from Islam because all setups have one thing in common,
2:40.0	which is the guy that gets upset, finds himself in a match that's harder than he thought
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