Dustin Poirier revealed his keys to victory after UFC 236 in 2019.
Poirier and Max Holloway will meet for the third time in the main event of UFC 318 while 'The Diamond' competes for the last time.
One man will close the show in New Orleans with the BMF belt wrapped around their waist, a title that is both more than earning.
In anticipation of July 19, the emphasis is on Holloway to make adjustments that have been beaten twice in the past by his next opponent.
Their incredible interim -lightweight title fight on UFC 236 was a back and forth fight that Poirier won after successfully implemented a game plan that he had unveiled details about.
Chael Sonnen says that Dustin Poirier might have given away too much information after UFC 236
In a recent episode of ESPN Mma's 'Good Guy / Bad Guy', Chael Sonnen picked up an interesting point about the earlier victory of Dustin Poirier on Max Holloway.
It is no secret that 'blessed' fights with an incredibly high output that opponents can easily overwhelm as soon as he starts dictating the pace.
Holloway was still very successful with UFC 236, but it was the work that Poirier did in the early rounds that his opponent stopped running away with the fight.
Sonnen shared that 'The Diamond' openly spoke after the fight how Holloway is a rhythm authority that you have to disturb so that he cannot continue to go through the gears and build from one step to the next.
'Blessed' could therefore use this information to try to find different ways to implement his approach so that Poirier cannot prevent him from building in the matchup on July 19.
“I think that Dustin Poirier is currently, at the moment, probably regret that he came to ESPN and told the world … He hit him twice, probably never saw number three. But if we go back to that word rhythm, if there was something that Dustin could pick up by Max ties, that's a correction that Max could make if he's that same tapes.”
Daniel Cormier emphasizes the resilience of Dustin Poirier in his second fight with Max Holloway
While Max Holloway had his moments at UFC 236, Dustin Poirier was able to resist the second half of his opponent.
'The Diamond' started incredibly well, but the sustainability of Holloway kept him somehow in the fight until he was able to use his constant output to change things to his advantage.
During 'Good Guy / Bad Guy', Daniel Cormier emphasized how we saw how far Poirier got into this fight because he did not crumble as soon as the momentum started against him.
“I saw how Max Holloway built his way back in this fight, I knew that Dustin Poirier was another hunter because he started him back when things started to the south. There were times before in his career, with 'The Korean Zombie', where it could never come back on Dustin and he could never return.”
Although Holloway will of course have a stronger start of the fight this time, both men have to bank points on points on points.