Dustin Poirier reacts to “dirtbag” Conor McGregor injury
Former UFC fighter Dustin Poirier recently reacted to Conor McGregor’s injury and loss at UFC 329. The two men have fought three times with Poirier taking the win twice in recent years. There’s a lot of issues between the two, especially with McGregor bringing up Poirier’s family when he was cutting promos before their last fight.
Speaking on Deep Waters, Poirier revealed that he absolutely has no sympathy for McGregor, sarcastically saying that it couldn’t have happened to a better guy:
“That injury couldn’t have happened to a better guy. I saw earlier this week, he said, ‘Karma is a mirror,’ and it definitely is. This guy is a dirtbag. I don’t know if it was nervous energy. I don’t know why he would start a fight like that. They’re saying this was planned to start the fight, like training to open the fight like that with this jump kick. But I just don’t understand why he would. That’s like a Hail Mary. You’re throwing a Hail Mary to start a 25-minute fight. I don’t understand what’s going on with that.”
Dustin Poirier on Conor McGregor’s career
Poirier also pointed out that age has seemingly caught up with the Irish star, and that if this a torn ACL, he’s practically done in MMA:
“He’s not 25 anymore… He’s 37. He hasn’t fought in five years. I haven’t seen the results of the medical scan or anything they’ve done, but if it’s a torn ACL after being away for five years, if it’s an ACL tear, and he’s out another year, the guy is done.”
credit to MMAJunkie for the transcription
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