Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-01, great performance by both fighters: the mma bout Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night and UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Poirier vs Makhachev is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 1st, at the Prudential Center in Newark (New Jersey, United States), in a 5-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC 302 and it is valid for the UFC lightweight championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Islam Makhachev record
The black belt in judo, 2016 world Combat Sambo and Ufc Lw champion Islam Makhachev entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-1-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Adriano Martins in 2015, since then he has won 13 consecutive bouts defeating Charles Oliveira (Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev) and twice Alexander Volkanovski in his last three (the first match was ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023, Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski I and Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski II).
Dustin Poirier record
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former interim Ufc Lw champ Dustin Poirier, has an official record of 30-8-0 (77% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the lightweight division.
He lost to Justin Gaethje in 2023 (4-stars match and also ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023, Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje 2) but he came back to win with Benoit St Denis in March 2024 (Dustin Poirier vs Benoit St Denis).
Among the best fights of Poirier, we suggest four bouts:
- Chan Sung Jung vs Dustin Poirier, five-stars match of 2012
- Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje I, four-stars bout of 2018
- Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 2, match ranked in the top 10 Users’ Fights of the year 2019
- Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler, 4-stars fight of 2022
Fight card
Here is the UFC 302 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier
Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa
Kevin Holland vs Michal Oleksiejczuk
Alex Morono vs Niko Price
Randy Brown vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN 2/ ESPN+)
Roman Kopylov vs Cesar Almeida
Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov
Grant Dawson vs Joe Solecki
Philip Rowe vs Jake Matthews
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Bassil Hafez vs Mickey Gall
Ailin Perez vs Joselyne Edwards
Andre Lima vs Mitch Raposo
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 302 countdown Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 302 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 302 pre-fight press conference, featuring Dustin Poirier and Islam Makhachev!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 302: Makhachev vs Poirier weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Spanish
Result
Who won Makhachev vs Poirier fight?
Islam Makhachev defeated Dustin Poirier via submission (d’arce choke) at 2:42, round 5.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 302 post-fight octagon interview of Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 302 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Dustin Poirier and Islam Makhachev (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OP9vjo1w4
Bonus awards
UFC 302 Fight of the Night: Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier
UFC 302 Performance of the Night: Islam Makhachev, Kevin Holland
