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UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier is less than a week out from a high profile scrap with Dan Hooker, and many fans are very confident he’ll win.<\/p>\n

Poirier himself, however, sees Hooker as a dangerous test, and doesn’t like the fact that some fans are downplaying the challenge at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like that, honestly,\u201d Poirier told MMA Junkie<\/a> as his fight with Hooker draws closer. \u201cThis guy is dangerous. This guy is a top opponent a top-five ranked fighter in the UFC for a reason. I don\u2019t look past anybody. This guy is the only thing I\u2019m focused on right now. 25 minutes with Hooker and we\u2019ll see what happens. I don\u2019t like the fact that fans and stuff are just passing him over because this is a dangerous guy I\u2019ve been preparing very seriously for.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Poirier is taking Hooker very seriously, Hooker has questioned his rival’s chin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the thing \u2014 he\u2019s definitely going to have to adjust his game a little bit,\u201d Hooker told MMA Fighting<\/a> recently, breaking down his matchup with Poirier. \u201cI feel like pressuring me, taking a shot, giving it, taking a shot, giving a shot is just not the way to best approach it. I don\u2019t feel like Dustin can take a shot as well as Paul Felder can. From watching the tape of both of those fighters, I don\u2019t think Poirier has the chin Felder does.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel I can put Dustin away,” Hooker added. “If I keep touching him, there\u2019s no way that Dustin\u2019s going to be able to eat those shots and be able to recover from the damage I\u2019m generally able to inflict on opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poirier says he isn’t letting comments like this bother him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m immune to (trash talk) these days,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cI see some stuff on Twitter whenever MMA media pushes it out as a headline or something, but other than that I don\u2019t look into it or read too much into it. But he\u2019s doing what he\u2019s supposed to do. He better be saying all that stuff. He needs to believe all that stuff too, because next weekend, we gonna find out.\u201d<\/p>\n

This bout will be Poirier’s first since a 2019 submission loss to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Poirier says the loss and his resulting stint on the sidelines provided him with an opportunity to strengthen his mental game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always just submerged myself in work when I\u2019ve lost before and just drowned everything out with hard work,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cThis particular loss was the biggest loss of my career and also I had to get sidelined. I couldn\u2019t just jump back in the gym and drown everything out. I had to think and sit on the couch and just watch everybody else fight. So it was more of just a mental training. I feel mentally stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Dustin Poirier will bounce back with a win over Dan Hooker this weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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