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Ranking Poirier as the greatest lightweight of all time would obviously be pretty difficult considering he never won ''the big one''. However, looking at the names he defeated and the way he defeated them, I think he might have the argument for the best resume in lightweight history.
Lets look at his best wins
Max Holloway - Dustin and Max went to absolute war for 5 rounds with Dustin winning and ending Holloway's 13 fight win streak.
Conor McGregor - Whatever most of us might think about Conrad and his career post 2016, dude was still a big favorite coming in that second fight a has never been knocked out inside the octagon. Poirier came with a great plan, executed it and became the first man to knock him out.
Eddie Alvarez - IMO Eddie is one of the most underrated guys in lightweight history, another guy with a pretty good argument for the best resume in the division. He was also coming off his best performance in the UFC, following the KO win in a war against then undefeated Gaethje. Dustin again went through adversity and managed to knock him out.
Justin Gaethje - Not much to say here, 2 highly ranked contenders, another absolute war with Dustin pulling out a finish in the 4th.
Michael Chandler - Coming off the Oliveira loss and people starting to doubt his motivation, Dustin shows up again for a classic performance. Gets hurt again, violence ensues, Dustin wins again and gets the finish. Amazing performance.
I would say those are his 5 best wins, all of them pure violence
But lets not forget the insane fight against Dan Hooker, who was 7-1 at lightweight with Dustin pretty much stopping that hypetrain. Then there is the real fun Anthony Pettis which was kinda the first fight that pushed Dustin into that top 10 contention.
Then there are some solid wins over veterans and up and coming fighters at the time - Jim Miller, Joe Duffy and knock out wins over Bobby Green and Carlos Diego Ferreira
13-3-1(NC) at lightweight.
The only blemish on his resume would be the Michael Johnson loss, but he rebounded after that and went on his best run of his career.
Thoughts?
Lets look at his best wins
Max Holloway - Dustin and Max went to absolute war for 5 rounds with Dustin winning and ending Holloway's 13 fight win streak.
Conor McGregor - Whatever most of us might think about Conrad and his career post 2016, dude was still a big favorite coming in that second fight a has never been knocked out inside the octagon. Poirier came with a great plan, executed it and became the first man to knock him out.
Eddie Alvarez - IMO Eddie is one of the most underrated guys in lightweight history, another guy with a pretty good argument for the best resume in the division. He was also coming off his best performance in the UFC, following the KO win in a war against then undefeated Gaethje. Dustin again went through adversity and managed to knock him out.
Justin Gaethje - Not much to say here, 2 highly ranked contenders, another absolute war with Dustin pulling out a finish in the 4th.
Michael Chandler - Coming off the Oliveira loss and people starting to doubt his motivation, Dustin shows up again for a classic performance. Gets hurt again, violence ensues, Dustin wins again and gets the finish. Amazing performance.
I would say those are his 5 best wins, all of them pure violence
But lets not forget the insane fight against Dan Hooker, who was 7-1 at lightweight with Dustin pretty much stopping that hypetrain. Then there is the real fun Anthony Pettis which was kinda the first fight that pushed Dustin into that top 10 contention.
Then there are some solid wins over veterans and up and coming fighters at the time - Jim Miller, Joe Duffy and knock out wins over Bobby Green and Carlos Diego Ferreira
13-3-1(NC) at lightweight.
The only blemish on his resume would be the Michael Johnson loss, but he rebounded after that and went on his best run of his career.
Thoughts?
