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At 35, Dustin Poirier knows time is running out to win UFC lightweight crown
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FILE - Dustin Poirier poses during a news conference UFC 299 mixed martial arts event, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Miami. Poirier has won 30 MMA fights overall and has at least one more left - a career-defining bout on a third try at the UFC lightweight championship - against Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday in New Jersey. - photo by AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Dustin Poirier was beaten up so badly in one UFC fight, he suffered a partially torn quadriceps that eventually made his leg swell so much on a flight, he compared the gnarly sight to a swollen, stuffed sausage. He’s agonized through the gruesome checklist of injuries so many fighters slog through over their arduous careers such as cracked hands, a busted nose. Jim Miller once thrashed Poirier’s calves with the ferociousness of a lumberjack chopping down a tree, a pain so extreme, Poirier suffered a takedown and left the cage with a limp.