{"id":79917,"date":"2013-12-30T07:15:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=79917"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:20:22","slug":"poirier-brandao-said-he-would-stab-me-in-the-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/poirier-brandao-said-he-would-stab-me-in-the-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Poirier: Brandao said he would stab me in the neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79928\" title=\"dustin poirier png\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday fans got to see a great night of fights with UFC 168. In kicking off the main card on PPV Dustin Poirier knocked out Diego Brandao in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>For those that didn&#8217;t watch the weigh ins Brandao weighed in 8 pounds over the featherweight limit of 145 pounds. After the weigh ins were over Brandao continued to cut weight but could only reach 151.5.<\/p>\n<p>During the staredown between Poirier and Brandao, Poirier pointed and Brandao and began yelling at him. We didn&#8217;t know what was said in the heated exchange but later it was confirmed that Poirier had yelled:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m going to f\u2014ing break you, and you know it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Poirier has since said his outburst of anger did not stem from Brandao not making weight but rather from an outburst from <strong>Brandao<\/strong> backstage earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier talked about the incident after his fight, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was so mad because before we walked on stage at weigh-ins, he told me he was going to stab me in the neck actually. They had to separate us. The guy\u2019s nuts, man. That\u2019s why I was so upset.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe were in line, waiting to walk out for weigh-ins, He comes to me, and he says, \u2018You stare at me like this again, and I cut your neck. Then what are you going to do?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI wasn\u2019t mad about him missing weight. That sucks. But him stabbing me in the neck? 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