Order Now! UFC 302 “Makhachev vs. Poirier” Saturday at 10
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Islam
Makhachev may need gotten a harder combat than he bargained
for from Dustin
Poirier, however that take a look at turned out to be fairly worthwhile for
the Dagestani champion.
Makhachev defeated Poirier through fifth-round submission to retain his
light-weight crown within the UFC 302
headliner on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey on
Saturday evening. Poirier proved to be a sport opponent, doing maybe
his greatest work within the fourth body earlier than submitting to a brabo
choke within the ultimate stanza. In consequence, Makhachev and Poirier
obtained “Battle of the Night time” honors and $50,000 apiece. In the meantime,
Makhachev additionally earned one of many night’s $50,000 “Efficiency of
the Night time” awards to convey his bonus complete to $100,000 total.
Elsewhere, Kevin
Holland secured the night’s different $50,000 “Efficiency of the
Night time” test by advantage of his fast submission victory towards
Michal
Oleksiejczuk in a featured middleweight scrap. After being
rocked in an early change, Holland took benefit of his
opponent’s aggression by locking in an armbar. The Pole refused to
faucet, however the bout was waved off after it appeared his arm might have
been damaged by the maintain on the 1:34 mark of Spherical 1.
Order Now! UFC 302 “Makhachev vs. Poirier” Saturday at 10
p.m. ET on ESPN+
