UFC 302: Makhachev vs Poirier Main Card Results

The champion put Poirier on the canvas rapidly within the first, advancing to his again and staying there for the rest of the spherical. Poirier defended nicely all through, and the rest of the struggle was extra scrappy and aggressive, with the challenger doing nicely to defend takedowns whereas Makhachev was compelled into the primary bloody, gruelling battle of his championship reign.

With each males bloodied, however dialled in heading into the ultimate spherical, Makhachev brought about Poirier to stumble within the heart of the Octagon halfway by way of the spherical, and pounced. After momentarily on the lookout for a guillotine choke, the champion switched off to a D’arce choke and rapidly drew out the faucet.

That’s now three consecutive profitable title defenses and 14 straight wins for Makhachev, who continues to reign supreme within the light-weight division. He’s now tied with 4 others for essentially the most consecutive profitable title defenses within the division and sits two wins again of Anderson Silva’s document for consecutive UFC victories.  | Official Scorecards