Tag: Lightweight

Dustin Poirier’s head coach Mike Brown has opened up on Conor McGregor’s obvious weakness, and believes his man will exploit it in the UFC 257 main event.

Conor McGregor guarantees his rematch with Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 will be easy. However, he says a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov would be even easier.

Dan Hooker is looking forward to sharing the stage with Conor McGregor at UFC 257 press conference, although he says he’ll need to be on his toes.

Conor McGregor plans to ‘go through’ everyone in the UFC lightweight division, including Tony Ferguson and Al Iaquinta.

Dana White tells Khabib Nurmagomedov that he’ll need to vacate his lightweight belt if he wants to fight Georges St-Pierre, who says he’s ‘freaking excited’ at the thought of fighting the Dagestani.

Shinya Aoki breaks down his ONE: Unbreakable co-main event against James Nakashima, who he believes will be a contender at lightweight.

Conor McGregor opens up on his relationship with the Dana White, the Dustin Poirier rematch, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement, and boxing Manny Pacquiao.

Dana White teases Nate Diaz’s return, and opens up on Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor 2, his meeting with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and his war against piracy.

“I want us to be dripping blood and hurting and suffering early,” Dustin Poirier plans to take Conor McGregor into deep waters at UFC 257.

World-renowned coach Firas Zahabi, shares his prediction for the UFC 257 main event between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor.

Anthony Pettis opens up on his decision to part ways with the UFC and join the PFL, and says he has his eye on the PFL lightweight title.

Charles Oliveira’s manager and coach Diego Lima, believes his man deserves to fight the winner of Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor for the title next, not Justin Gaethje.

ONE lightweight champion Christian Lee shares his lofty goals for 2021, which include clearing out his division and having a crack at the welterweight title.

Dustin Poirier says his UFC 257 main event against Conor McGregor is about legacy and not payback, and breaks down the co-main event between Dan Hooker and Michael Chandler.

Ahead of Dustin Poirier’s UFC 257 bout against Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier has some advice for him, and shares the perks of calling fights.

New ONE featherweight champion Thanh Le is ready to defend the title against all challengers, and discusses his big plans for 2021.

Gilbert Burns opens up on Jon Jones’ chances at heavyweight, and Conor McGregor’s ‘underrated’ grappling skills.

Michael Chandler says he’d be a ‘nightmare’ for Conor McGregor, and believes he can ‘entice’ Khabib Nurmagomedov out of retirement with a big win at UFC 257.

Owen Roddy predicts Conor McGregor will capitalise on Dustin Poirier’s defensive vulnerabilities, and get his hand raised in the UFC 257 main event.

Dustin Poirier wants his UFC 257 main event with Conor McGregor to be for the title, and discusses Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler.

Coach John Kavanagh can’t understand why the UFC 257 main event between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor isn’t for the title. But believes his man will have a psychological edge in the rematch.

Khabib Nurmagomedov says that after everything was said before UFC 229, he expected more from Conor McGregor, who has exchanged more words with Ali Abdelaziz on social media.

Dan Hooker says he wasn’t overly impressed with Charles Oliveira’s performance against Tony Ferguson at UFC 256.

Justin Gaethje talks Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor, and Tony Ferguson vs Charles Oliveira. And lays out who he wants to fight next.

Coach Owen Roddy believes Conor McGregor is in the best shape he’s ever been ahead of UFC 257, and doesn’t give Dustin Poirier much of a chance.

ONE lightweight champion Christian Lee is confident he beats any lightweight in the world, including UFC champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Dustin Poirier says his rematch with Conor McGregor will be business as usual, and warns the Irishman not to underestimate him.

Stephen Thompson has given his prediction for the highly-anticipated rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, set to go down at UFC 257.

After seeing what Khabib Nurmagomedov was able to do to Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, Rashad Evans believes it showed just how good Conor McGregor is.

Antonio Caruso has called out Eddie Alvarez, and broken down his victory over Eduard Folayang at ONE: Inside The Matrix.