UFC: Conor McGregor overwhelmed by Dustin Poirier

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Dustin Poirier (far left) reacts after his knockout victory over Conor McGregor in a light-weight combat throughout the UFC 257 occasion inside Etihad Arena on UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
 Former UFC featherweight and light-weight champion Conor McGregor was on Sunday left surprised on his return to the UFC as Dustin Poirier claimed victory of their rematch at UFC 257 on the Etihad Arena.
McGregor, who got here out of retirement for a 3rd time to face Poirier, was overwhelmed within the second spherical through technical knockout. The end got here at 2 minutes 32 seconds into spherical two.

McGregor appeared to begin properly as he survived an early takedown and pinned Poirier towards the fence for a lot of the first spherical.
However, the American southpaw replied with a collection of leg kicks, earlier than pouncing on McGregor halfway by way of the second spherical to take his file to 27-6.

This was McGregor’s first combat in a yr when he stopped Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds. Before that he had not stepped contained in the octagon since October 2018 when he misplaced to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“I’m gutted, it’s a tough one to swallow,” stated McGregor after the bout as per BBC Sport.
“His leg kicks were good, my leg was dead and I wasn’t as comfortable as I needed to be. I have to dust it off and come back.”
After the bout, Nurmagomedov stated on Twitter: “This is what happened, when you change your team, leave the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids, far away from reality.”
This was the second conflict between McGregor and Poirier as they’d fought earlier than again in 2014. At that point, the American was stopped inside 106 seconds.