Poirier on Khabib saying he’s going to maul him: We’re not here to play tennis

Apr 24 2019 by Bloody Elbow

 

“That means nothing saying ‘I’m going to maul him’. You’re supposed to. I expect the same from him when I say I’m going to hurt him, I expect the same that he’s going to try to hurt me and take me out. That’s what fighting is.”

Dustin Poirier knows a thing or two about maulings, having battered the likes of Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway enroute to winning the interim UFC lightweight title at UFC 236.

That’s why, when reigning lightweight king...

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