{"id":309778,"date":"2019-04-14T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T15:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309778"},"modified":"2019-04-14T08:08:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T15:08:28","slug":"dustin-poirier-welcomes-third-fight-with-max-holloway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poirier-welcomes-third-fight-with-max-holloway\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier welcomes third fight with Max Holloway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dustin Poirier is now 2-0 against Max Holloway. He first beat the Hawaiian by submission in the featherweight division years ago, and defeated him again, this time by decision and in the lightweight division, in the main event of UFC 236 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite having a commanding lead in his rivalry with Holloway, Poirier says he is open to fighting the Hawaiian star again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy next fight has to be for a unification fight [with Khabib Nurmagomedov],\u201d he told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMAjunkie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/04\/dustin-poirier-will-beat-khabib-nurmagomedov-right-amount-of-crazy-ufc-236\" target=\"_blank\">MMAjunkie<\/a> post-fight. \u201cBut I love Max. I\u2019ll fight him five more times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the UFC 236 post-fight press conference, Dustin Poirier further opened up on his second battle with Max Holloway, explaining that it was just the kind of fight he enjoys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne time my mouth was bleeding and I spit, and I spit on him and he said, like he knew that I did it on accident, I didn\u2019t aim at him but it just might have hit him,\u201d Poirier said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/4\/14\/18310053\/dustin-poirier-breaks-down-epic-ufc-236-battle-max-holloway-thats-purest-feeling-of-fighting-to-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Fighting (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cMan, this is a fistfight, you might get some spit on you. When I hit him with a good shot he would say, \u2018That was good\u2019 or start clapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I kneed him in the face, before he started bleeding, when he picked his head up from the knee, I saw the gash and I said, \u2018Gotcha.\u2019 It was just \u2014 it was a battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s kind of tricky. His speed and timing, his cadence that he uses is a little different. He\u2019ll loop shots to the body, throw slow jabs with a fast cross behind it. It keeps you off. A lot of his jabs didn\u2019t land, but the cross did. The guy\u2019s a good striker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what fighting is to me,\u201d Poirier concluded. \u201cThat\u2019s the purest feeling of fighting to me. I\u2019m hurt, I\u2019m busted up, he\u2019s hurt, he\u2019s busted up, we\u2019re both digging down, who wants it more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat grit of fighting is addictive, I\u2019m scared of it. It\u2019s a very weird thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway fight again in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 4\/14\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Poirier is now 2-0 against Max Holloway. He first beat the Hawaiian by submission in the featherweight division years ago, and defeated him again, this time by decision and in the lightweight division, in the main event of UFC 236 on Saturday night. 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