Dustin Poirier looks back on his fight against Benoît Saint-Denis

MMA – Dustin Poirier returned to a particular element of his duel against Benoît Saint-Denis at UFC 299.

March 9, 2024 was a particularly important date in the career of Benoît Saint-Denis. Indeed, during l’UFC 299BSD was opposed to a very big name in the organization in the person of Dustin Poirier. The Frenchman had high hopes for this fight since, in the event of victory, he had the opportunity to enter the prestigious top 5 among lightweights. Weakened by staphylococcus before the fight, BSD was only a shadow of himself and he appeared completely out of juice in the second round after a good start. Exactly, Dustin Poirier returned to his fight against Benoît Saint-Denis and particularly on one element.

Did BSD take Poirier to the ground?

Guest of ESPN MMA, Dustin Poirier launched into a real debate against Daniel Cormier. DC in fact reminded Poirier that Benoît Saint-Denis “kept bringing him to the ground”. Faced with this, the Diamond displayed all his disapproval under the amused gaze of Chael Sonnen.

“No, he never took me to the ground… I took myself to the ground by myself. »

ON THE SAME SUBJECT:

As an argument to counter Daniel Cormier, Dustin Poirier put forward the fact that he was seeking to go to the ground on his own in order to place a guillotine that he likes so much.

In short… It’s up to you to decide!