Former champion believes 's resume is a lot higher than 's ahead of the pair's mouthwatering lightweight showdown this weekend. Poirier comes into the clash off the back of a in March. The American, who looked tired, was on the jaws of suffering yet another defeat against the rising contender.
However, his experience shone through, a huge left hook marked the beginning of the end for 'God of War.' A beautiful right hook soon after sent the Frenchman to the floor, forcing the referee to wave off the fight in the second round. As for Makhachev, he secured an against Volkanovski at UFC 294 back in October in his last fight and has recently to MMA fans ahead of the clash with 'The Diamond.
' Despite the current lightweight champion picking up some impressive wins recently, Bisping - who is regarded as one of the best British MMA fighters of all time - insists that Poirier's is far better. Speaking on his podcast, the Brit said: “When you look at the record of Dustin Poirier and you compare it to Islam Makhachev’s, Dustin’s record smokes Islam’s – which sounds like I’m being disrespectful to Islam. I’m not "But when you look at Islam: (He) fought Bobby Green, then it was for the belt against (Charles) Oliveira, then twice against (Alexander) Volkanovski.
“When you look at Poirier, I mean, it’s insane: Max Holloway multiple times, Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje, Anthony Pettis, Conor McGregor three times, Jim Miller, Dan Hooker, Oliveira, (Michael) Chandler, Gaethje.