“But I thought they looked kind of slow. I don’t know, I’m focused on Khabib right now, but I think beat everybody in my division.”
Dustin Poirier enjoyed the matchup between Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone at UFC 238, but ‘The Diamond’ wasn’t overly impressed with either man’s performance.
Speaking to ESPN MMA in a recent interview to promote his highly anticipated lightweight title unification bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242, Poirier said he doesn’t particularly see ‘El Cucuy’ or ‘Cowboy’ as a threat.
“Yeah, I watched it,” Poirier said, per The Low Kick MMA’s Abhinav Kini. “It was a fun fight to watch. I thought Tony started pulling away, Donald started wearing a lot of damage, getting busted up. I thought Tony was starting to take over the fight. It would have been interesting to see if he would have kept pulling away in the third round.
“But I thought they looked kind of slow. I don’t know, I’m focused on Khabib right now, but I think beat everybody in my division.”
Ferguson earned a somewhat controversial TKO stoppage against Cerrone, and UFC president Dana White has hinted at booking a rematch between the two top lightweights. And, should that happen, Poirier isn’t quite sure how things will play out.
“I’m not sure what Donald is ranked but if say, they did the rematch and Donald won the fight, obviously Tony’s the next contender — it would shake up things,” Poirier added. “We’ll see what happens. I don’t know if they are going to do a rematch. Sometimes things are said and they don’t happen. We’ll see in the next couple of weeks.“
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier takes place later this year, September 7 at du Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.