{"id":321755,"date":"2019-08-08T10:03:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321755"},"modified":"2019-08-08T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:03:27","slug":"dustin-poirier-100-sure-he-can-dethrone-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poirier-100-sure-he-can-dethrone-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier &#8216;100% sure&#8217; he can dethrone Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 242, which goes down on September 7 in Abu Dhabi, Dustin Poirier will attempt to do what 27 other fighters have failed to do, and defeat UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for this mammoth challenge against the undefeated Russian, Poirier is grinding away in the gym, preparing specifically for the frenetic pace Nurmagomedov is known to unleash in his fights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, this camp has been a tough camp,&#8221; Poirier wrote in a blog post for <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/08\/ufc-242-dustin-poirier-diaries-khabib-nurmagomedov-wrestling-training?utm_source=smg&amp;utm_medium=wasabi&amp;utm_content=home-hero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. &#8220;It\u2019s grinding. Wrestling every day with guys hanging on me, trying to keep me down and put me against the fence. Every day, every session is like a strength and conditioning session. I\u2019m carrying my weight, carrying the weight of these guys who are trying to hold me down. It\u2019s just a different type of camp. It\u2019s very strenuous. Every training camp is very hard, but this one, just getting ready to wrestle, wrestle, wrestle and get up and build up off the fence and still try to have a high output, is draining over months at a time. This camp is going to be 10 weeks when it\u2019s all said and done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While this training camp has been taxing, Dustin Poirier is confident his efforts will culminate in a victory in Abu Dhabi \u2014 and a UFC lightweight title win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t beat myself up too much during the ups and downs of training camp,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;These guys rotating in on me, it might be their first round, but it\u2019s my fourth. I\u2019m doing six rounds of grappling or something; they have a guy on the sidelines waiting to jump in at Round 4. He\u2019s coming in dry and feeling good and I\u2019m just getting done scrapping for 15 minutes, and I have another 15 to go, so I understand that, too. I\u2019ve been doing this long enough that I understand those things. Khabib can have the other 364 days a year. I just need 25 minutes on Sept. 7. He can have everything else. 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