UFC 242: KHABIB vs. POIRIER September 7, 2019 The Arena, Yas Island, UAE MAIN CARD Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) vs. Dustin Poirier (ic) Edson Barboza vs. Paul Felder Islam Makhachev vs. Davi Ramos Curtis Blaydes vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov Mairbek Taisumov vs. Diego Ferreira UNDERCARD Ottman Azaitar vs. Teemu Packalen Liana Jojua vs. Sarah Moras Belal Muhammad vs. Takashi Sato Nordine Taleb vs. Muslim Salikhov Omari Akhmedov vs. Zak Cummings Khalid Taha vs. Bruno Silva Joanne Calderwood vs. Andrea Lee Don Madge vs. Fares Ziam
I want my boy Poirier to win this, but he really only has a punchers chance to win. Khabib is gonna take him down repeatedly and grind out a decision or get a late fight stoppage.
The Diamond tried his best. Came out with those rights in the second, and the attempted guillotine, but not much you can do against the Terminator. Numagomedov just too much in the wrestling and strength department for Dustin.
Results Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Dustin Poirier via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 2:06 Paul Felder def. Edson Barboza via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 30-27) Islam Makhachev def. Davi Ramos via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-26, 30-26) Curtis Blaydes def. Shamil Abdurakhimov via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:22 Diego Ferreira def. Mairbek Taisumov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27) Joanne Calderwood def. Andrea Lee via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28) Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Lerone Murphy declared split draw (29-28, 28-29, 28-28) Sarah Moras def. Liana Jojua via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:26 Ottman Azaitar def. Teemu Packalen via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:33 Belal Muhammad def. Takashi Sato via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:55 Muslim Salikhov def. Nordine Taleb via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 4:26 Omari Akhmedov def. Zak Cummings via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Don Madge def. Fares Ziam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)