With the BMF belt on the line, the hard-hitting lightweights are prepared for more violence and damage in Saturday’s main event in Salt Lake City
Dustin Poirier said early this week that if Saturday’s headline bout at UFC 291 goes the five-round distance, both fighters might wind up in the hospital.“We both create a lot of damage, and 25 minutes is a long time to create that damage,” said Gaethje, who lives in Denver. “That’s a pretty fair assessment, I would say.”
“My wife told me this is my legacy,” said Poirier, who lives in Coconut Creek, Florida. “Put this BMF belt up on my mantle. When I’m gone from the sport, I can talk about the second BMF in history fight.” But the one carryover from that night is both expect the same kind of action-packed drama in the rematch, which helped put Poirier in place to claim the lightweight belt a year later. He lost in his following match and has been chasing the championship ever since.In many ways, it feels like this rematch was meant to be, but that wasn’t necessarily the case for the fighters.
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