Dustin Poirier AKA "The Diamond" Interview - UFC Lightweight Champion

THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas

Hit Hard Media LLC

Ufc, Boxing, Mma, Sports, Fights, Training

4.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Dustin Poirier AKA "The Diamond" joins Teddy and Ken in studio via Skype just a few days after winning the interim UFC Lightweight Championship belt in an epic five-round battle with Max Holloway.

Recorded Wednesday, April 17.

Podcast also available on YouTube: http://youtube.com/thefightwithteddyatlas

THE GOOD FIGHT FOUNDATION

Please be sure to check out Dustin's charity, The Good Fight Foundation: https://www.thegoodfightgroup.com. He and his wife, Jolie, are doing some special things with this non-profit.

Also keep an eye on Dustin's social media for him auctioning off fight gear. The profits go to The Good Fight.

GIVEAWAY CONTINUES

As discussed a week or two ago, we’re giving away two gloves, both signed by Light Heavyweight Champion Oleksandr ‘Alex’ Gvozdyk and Teddy Atlas.

One will be given to a random YouTube subscriber (subscribe here).
One will be given to our favorite review on Apple Podcasts.
When leaving review in Apple Podcasts please be sure to put your full name in the comment so that we can make sure we’re getting the signed glove to the right person.

We’ll select winners on Monday, April 29. We’ll announce them on Teddy’s social media handles. Good luck!

Dustin Poirier Social Media

Instagram: instagram.com/dustinpoirier

Twitter: twitter.com/dustinpoirier

Teddy Atlas Social Media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teddy_atlas/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/teddyatlasreal

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0:00.0	Welcome to the fight with Teddy Atlas. I'm Ken Rideau joined as always by my co-host
0:12.0	legendary trainer Teddy Atlas and today we've got a
0:15.1	very very special guest for you we've got the newly crowned UFC lightweight
0:21.0	champion of the world the The diamond dust and poree. What's up champ?
0:25.6	How's having it man? Thank you guys so much for having me on. I'm a huge fan.
0:28.3	Oh, thank you. We're a huge fan of what you've been doing. It's a awesome story super happy for you. It was I mean everything
0:36.0	from your journey to the fight itself was just a battle, right? I feel like the fight was
0:42.1	symbolic of your whole career.
0:44.4	Nothing was easy.
0:45.6	Every single round, every minute was a struggle.
0:49.6	How you feeling?
0:50.9	You know, I got some bumps and bruises,
0:52.3	but I'm still on Cloud 9 man. I have that belt right over here so
0:56.8	Let's see you can see it I want to see it doesn't you want me to grab it? Yeah. Yeah, you have to you earned it it. If anybody ever earned winning a title, you sure is held it. If anybody ever earned the right to be called a champion, I would say it was you.
1:10.0	Yep, I think you had the second most fights of any UFC fighter ever before winning the title and just a constant
1:19.0	always there it is there it is That's pretty damn good. That is pretty beautiful. That is special.
1:27.6	And thank you so much. Who looks at it more? You or your wife?
1:32.0	Because I know your wife, Jolie, or partners,
1:34.7	and everything in life that you've done.
1:36.8	You couldn't have done it without her.
1:38.6	And you say that very openly, very freely.
1:41.4	So who gets to hold it more?
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