{"id":274485,"date":"2018-04-12T06:24:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274485"},"modified":"2018-04-12T06:24:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:24:41","slug":"dustin-poirier-questions-khabib-nurmagomedovs-ufc-223-title-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dustin-poirier\/dustin-poirier-questions-khabib-nurmagomedovs-ufc-223-title-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier questions Khabib Nurmagomedov&#8217;s UFC 223 title win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At long last, undefeated Dagestani lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov finally has a UFC belt wrapped around his waist. He earned that belt last Saturday, when he dominated last-minute replacement opponent Al Iaquinta to a unanimous decision <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joe-rogan\/joe-rogan-responds-to-backlash-surrounding-controversial-nurmagomedov-iaquinta-commentary\/\">win<\/a> in the main event of UFC 223. While Nurmagomedov is now the undisputed lightweight champion, however, not everyone is buying his reign. UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier, for example, has some issues.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier, who battles Justin Gaethje in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s Saturday stop in Glendale, Arizona, shared his gripes with Nurmagomedov&#8217;s reign in a chat with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/04\/dustin-poirier-raises-questions-about-khabib-nurmagomedovs-status-as-ufc-lightweight-champ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>. For him, it all comes down to the fact that Iaquinta hadn&#8217;t really earned the title shot in the same way that Nurmagomedov had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the champion; he has the belt,\u201d Poirier said. &#8220;But I don\u2019t feel that was a championship fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing against either guy,\u201d he added. \u201cKhabib was on the way and earned himself the spot to get that title shot. But that fight, to me, didn\u2019t feel like a title fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Poirier is hoping that a win over the former World Series of Fighting lightweight champion Gaethje will earn him a crack at the new champion Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is the No. 1 contender fight,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens, but the division\u2019s played itself where this fight matters, a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his last fight, Poirier scored a nice win over former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis. This win was preceded by a controversial no contest opposite former champ Eddie Alvarez. He&#8217;s now 22-5 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Gaethje, meanwhile, recently experienced the first setback of his career, having been knocked out in an wild scrap with Alvarez. This loss was preceded by a perfect, 18-0 start to his MMA career, including an epic victory over Michael Johnson in his UFC debut. He&#8217;s now 18-1.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Dustin Poirier&#8217;s take on the lightweight title situation?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/12\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At long last, undefeated Dagestani lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov finally has a UFC belt wrapped around his waist. 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