Dustin Poirier has been involved in some of the craziest wars in the UFC history, and his UFC 211 meeting against Eddie Alvarez was no different.
On July 19, Dustin Poirier will emotionally take his last walk to the Octagon when he takes on Max Holloway for the BMF title in the UFC 318 Main Event.
Prior to his last dance, Poirier was credited by UFC boss Dana White, who labeled him as an 'all time' and admitted that he only created the event for 'The Diamond'.
The last time Poirier competed for his fans of birthplace, he ran through another Hawaiian and he will hope that history will repeat itself on July 19.
During his incredible career, Poirier had a number of crazy rivalry against people like Justin Gaethje, Conor McGregor and more. But one that stands out for many fans is his rivalry against Eddie Alvarez.
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Dustin Poirier's first war against Eddie Alvarez came to a controversial end
After he returned from his loss against Michael Johnson with a close victory over Jim Miller, 'The Diamond' was linked to 'the Underground Koning' Alvarez, who came in the back of his title loss for McGregor.
Immediately fans emphasized this matchup as a potential fight for the centuries, because both Alvarez and Poirier were known for their impenetrable fighting styles.
And shortly after the fight started, the fans present at UFC 211 realized in the American Airlines Center that they had a treat when the two light weights started throwing almost immediately.
'The Diamond' had a lot of early success with his body kicks from the SouthPaw attitude, while Alvarez seemed to land the Big Ko -Teller pons.
At the beginning of the round two, Alvarez looked to try to bring his wrestling up, but he was full of Poirier who continued to get the striking exchanges better.
Halfway through the round two, Poirier faltered the former champion with a number of huge shots, but when Poirier started to try to find the Ko Punch, Alvarez cut him with a counter who hurt 'the diamond'.
And then, with a little less than a minute over the round, Alvarez landed two extremely hard knees to Poirier's head while he was against the cage and was considered a grounded opponent.
Herb Dean spoke with Octagon officials and the fight was ruled as not a competition, even though Joe Rogan believed that it should have been ruled a disqualification.
Dustin Poirier takes mic from Joe Rogan to defend Alvarez against angry
Because the fight ended without mercy, Rogan stepped in the Octagon after the issue of interviewing both hunters, which is extremely rare.
“Look guys, I am not a dirty hunter, we are fist who fights here, I do the best thing I can do, apologies to Dustin and my apologies to the crowd,” Alvarez said while the crowd started Boo.
“Hey! Boo this man is not, this man is a champion and has fought all over the world, I have nothing but respect for this guy, Boo this man is not! This guy is a warrior, we both put it to the game every time we step here,” Poirier said as he picked Rogan's microphone.
Fortunately, fans were the beneficiaries to see this fight again, because the two rematch a little over a year later and they were again involved in an incredible fight that Poirier was going to win.