{"id":389167,"date":"2021-06-29T16:57:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T23:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=389167"},"modified":"2021-06-29T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T23:57:24","slug":"georges-st-pierre-explains-why-he-believes-conor-mcgregor-will-ko-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/georges-st-pierre-explains-why-he-believes-conor-mcgregor-will-ko-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-264\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre explains why he believes Conor McGregor will KO Dustin Poirier at UFC 264"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georges St-Pierre believes it will be Conor McGregor getting his hand raised at UFC 264.<\/p>\n

McGregor is set for his trilogy match against Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 264 on July 10. They had their rematch back in January where “The Diamond” scored a second-round TKO. In the lead-up to the trilogy, Poirier has said he will finish McGregor again<\/a>, but St-Pierre believes it will be the Irishman winning early by KO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think McGregor is very good in rematches, and I think he\u2019s going to have the victory,\u201d St-Pierre said\u00a0on the\u00a0Tristar Gym YouTube channel <\/a>(h\/t MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cI think he\u2019s probably going to win in the second round. A knockout.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is certainly a chance that happens as we have seen McGregor win some key fights early. He knocked out Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds and to win the lightweight belt he TKO’d Eddie Alvarez in the second. Yet, for St-Pierre’s coach in Firas Zahabi, he believes it’s a 50-50 fight but thinks Poirier can have success with the leg kicks once again.<\/p>\n

“My official pick was 50-50 odds,\u201d Zahabi said after St-Pierre gave his prediction. \u201cI think it could go either way, but because GSP picked McGregor, I\u2019ve got to pick Poirier. I\u2019m gonna make a case for Poirier right now. At 155, McGregor\u2019s power is maybe not exactly what it used to be, and he\u2019s got to do five rounds. I think Poirier showed in fight No. 2 (that) he\u2019s smart enough to take McGregor in the later rounds. In Round 1, he took a big left, and he took it well.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think psychologically Poirier\u2019s a bit more ready to take that left hand. He\u2019s more aware about it. I think this is an incredibly difficult fight,” Zahabi continued, and said he made the case for Poirier because St-Pierre went with McGregor. “Fifty-fifty, but if Georges picked McGregor, I gotta pick Poirier. I think Poirier\u2019s going to take him into Round 3, and he\u2019s going to do the same thing he did before. He\u2019s gonna kick the leg, he\u2019s gonna injure McGregor a little bit in the leg, and then he\u2019s gonna put the hands on him. It\u2019s going to be a trench war, and Poirier\u2019s gonna put him away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, the oddsmakers have the fight as a pure pick’em. There are paths to victories for both McGregor and Poirier which St-Pierre and Zahabi laid out. We will all soon find out who gets their hand raised in the trilogy.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Georges St-Pierre’s prediction for Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier 3?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Georges St-Pierre believes it will be Conor McGregor getting his hand raised at UFC 264. McGregor is set for his trilogy match against Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 264 on July 10. They had their rematch back in January where “The Diamond” scored a second-round TKO. 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