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In an impressive battle that required resistance from the fighters, Dustin Poirier defeated Dan Hooker by unanimous decision of the judges 48:47, 48:47, 48:46.
The wrestlers were close to the record. Together, they took 308 pointed shots, making it the third-best result in UFC lightweight history.
MORE COMBINED SIGNIFICANT STRIKES LANDED IN A 5-TURN LIGHT FIGHT
359 – Holloway vs Poirier 2
320 – Dos Anjos vs Ferguson
308 – @DustinPoirier vs @danthehangman
289 – Poirier vs Gaethje
279 – Ferguson vs Gaethje pic.twitter.com/HlcLyx62T8
– UFC News (@UFCNews) June 28, 2020
Until now, the third result has belonged to the same fight of D. Poirier against the current interim champion Justin Gaethje.
The record also belongs to D. Poirier and his fight against Max Holloway, who recorded 359 sharp punches.
Penalizing D. Poirier, 31, who punished his opponent with powerful right-handers, he had 26 career victories, suffered 6 losses and finished 1 fight without a winner.
After recovering from injury, Poirier returned to the ring with a bang after a 9-month break. In September, the American lost to Chabib Nurmagomedov, who is now lazy to welcome the former rival on Twitter.
Thanks champion https://t.co/koWNXmRqtG
– The diamond (@DustinPoirier) June 28, 2020
For Hooker, who had 20 wins, it was his ninth loss. The New Zealand fighter, who did not break the opponent with punches to the legs, has won three times in a row so far.
In other tournament battles, Maurice Greene, Mike Perry, Takashi Sato, Brendan Allen, Julian Erosa, Khama Worthy, Tanner Boser, Kay Hansen and Youssef Zalal celebrated their victories.
“I am the f – champion king.” * NSFW *
Dustin Poirier speaks after beating Dan Hooker# UFCVegas4 pic.twitter.com/bi5U8aXFaG
– MMA laundering report (@BR_MMA) June 28, 2020
25 minutes! Paid out pic.twitter.com/lxN0NuMnJ9
– The diamond (@DustinPoirier) June 28, 2020
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