UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor III (7/10/2021) - Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena)

[Elsalvajeloco]

UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor III 
July 10, 2021
Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena) 

Dustin Poirier (156) vs. Conor McGregor (156) - Poirier, TKO (doctor stoppage), R1 (5:00)
Gilbert Burns (170.5) vs. Stephen Thompson (170.5) - Burns, DEC (unanimous)
Tai Tuivasa (263) vs. Greg Hardy (264.5) - Tuivasa, KO (punches), R1 (1:07)
Irene Aldana (139.5)* vs. Yana Kunitskaya (134.5) - Aldana, TKO (punches), R1 (4:35)
Sean O'Malley (135.5) vs. Kris Moutinho (135) - O'Malley, TKO (strikes), R3 (4:33)

ESPN / ESPN+ Preliminary Card:
Carlos Condit (171) vs. Max Griffin (170.5) - Griffin, DEC (unanimous)
Niko Price (169.5) vs. Michel Pereira (170.5) - Pereira, DEC (unanimous)
Ryan Hall (145) vs. Illia Topuria (145.5) - Topuria, KO (punches), R1 (4:47)
Dricus du Plessis (185.5) vs. Trevin Giles (185.5) - Du Plessis, KO (punches), R2 (1:41)

ESPN+ / Fight Pass Preliminary Card:
Jennifer Maia (125.5) vs. Jessica Eye (125.5) - Maia, DEC (unanimous)
Omari Akhmedov (185.5) vs. Brad Tavares (184.5) - Tavares, DEC (split)
Zhalgas Zhumagulov (125.5) vs. Jerome Rivera (125.5) - Zhumagulov, SUB (standing guillotine choke), R1 (2:02)

*Forfeits 30% of purse for missing weight

Event Bonuses ($75,000)
Performance of the Night: Dricus du Plessis
Performance of the Night: Tai Tuivasa
Fight of the Night: Sean O'Malley vs. Kris Moutinho

Attendance: 20,062
Gate: $16,760,000
Buyrate: 

[The Natural]

Featherweight Fight: Conor McGregor beat Dustin Poirier in round one by TKO at UFC 178, September 2014.

Lightweight Fight: Dustin Poirier beats Conor McGregor in round two by TKO at UFC 257, January 2021.

Lightweight Fight: UFC 264. July 2021.

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Fancy Dustin to TKO Conor again, I'll say round three but can see it even earlier. First time Conor was ever stopped by strikes in their second fight.

Edited July 7, 2021 by The Natural

[The Natural]

 

First and second fights as we wait for the third in the trilogy.

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[The Natural]

Check those wins out by Dustin Poirier!

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[AxB]

So going by the first two fights, whoever has the longer hair when they go into the cage should be a shoe-in.

[John E. Dynamite]

22 hours ago, The Natural said:

Check those wins out by Dustin Poirier!

In MMA, I currently define that stupid sports argument word "Elite" by asking "are you better than Dustin Poirier?". 

[TheVileOne]

On 7/7/2021 at 10:20 PM, The Natural said:

Check those wins out by Dustin Poirier!

Somewhat insane to me he gets paid more for this fight than fighting for an actual title. 

I think some points about fighter pay are definitely debatable but this makes no sense to me, along with these garbage, pointless interim title fights.

[Elsalvajeloco]

 

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[J.T.]

ESPN is showing the early prelims!

[J.T.]

Holy shit.  Zhumagulov nearly Regan MacNieled that mother fucker.

[jaedmc]

Holy jesus he almost broke a mother fucker's neck with that shit.

[Elsalvajeloco]

I thought he was going for the Rude Awakening imo.

[J.T.]

What a great fight! I love two dudes who are too stubborn to quit.  Akmedov will be spending the next few days standing in barrels full of ice.

Tavares started off slow but came on strong in the later rounds and found his range.. The win for Tavares was the right call.

Edited July 10, 2021 by J.T.

[jaedmc]

I coulda watched two more rounds of that shit. 

[J.T.]

Jesus Christ, that is a huge gash on Eye's forehead.