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Dustin Poirier

(1989) Mixed Martial Arts Fighter United States

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Dustin Poirier is a mixed martial arts fighter from the United States.

Quick Facts About Dustin Poirier

Born: January 19, 1989
Nationality: United States
Profession: Mixed Martial Arts Fighter

About Dustin Poirier

Dustin Glenn Poirier is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed from 2009 to 2025. He formerly competed in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was an interim UFC Lightweight Champion. Poirier also challenged three times for the undisputed UFC Lightweight Championship and twice for the BMF title. He is considered one of the greatest Lightweights of all time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Dustin Poirier

Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.

Champion

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I want to fight the fights that fans want to see.

Fans

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Win or lose or draw, you always go back and critique your performance and say you could have done things better. Even…

Failure

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I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145.

Close

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I knew I had the ability to become a world champion, I knew I did. I knew I just needed the opportunity.

Ability

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It's not hard to look great against a guy who isn't moving a lot.

Great

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The side of town, the side of Louisiana that I grew up on, there's a lot of poverty.

Lot

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I've put it all on the line every time, win, lose, or draw, and that's what I want to be left behind…

Behind

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I don't want to have an asterisk next to my accomplishments for the rest of my life. I don't want everybody to…

Champion

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You have to be tough. All these guys are tough. But at some point, you have to outsmart and outhink and outplan…

Guys

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The way I feel, I'm the best in the world.

Best

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You can go out and get anything you want if you work hard enough for it and believe in yourself.

Believe

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I just want fights like that. Fights that get me excited. Fights that are going to be exciting.

Excited

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I'm not really chasing rematches.

Chasing

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I want a rematch with Cub Swanson, I think I deserve to be 100 percent and fight.

Deserve

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That grit of fighting is addictive, I'm scared of it. It's a very weird thing.

Addictive

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Of course, every time I get beat out there, I want to avenge those losses. I'm sure every fighter does.

Beat

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Any time Nate Diaz fights, I'm tuning in, I promise you.

Any

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I want to fight guys I'm excited to watch fight.

Excited

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Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

About

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Korean Zombie beat me, and I was prepared that night. He beat me, he beat me that night.

Beat

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I'm a complete fighter and I'm not scared, I'm very willing to use every part of the game to get the win…

Fighter

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I have a pretty high fight IQ.

Fight

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I've always fought the best guys.

Always

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The champs are the guys who can do it the best, to lock it in for 25 minutes and do what they…

Best

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