Michael Bisping rates Dustin Poirier’s resume a lot greater than Islam Makhachev’s.
Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) obstacles light-weight champ Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 302 (pay-per-view/ESPN2/ESPN+) primary occasion at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Makhachev is the UFC’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, however Bisping believes Poirier has the more remarkable skins on his wall.
“When you appearance 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 ill-mannered to Islam. I’m not,” Bisping stated on his “Believe You Me” podcast. “But when you appearance at Islam: (He) battled Bobby Green, then it was for the belt versus (Charles) Oliveira, then twotimes versus (Alexander) Volkanovski.
“When you appearance at Poirier, I suggest, it’s ridiculous: Max Holloway several times, Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje, Anthony Pettis, Conor McGregor 3 times, Jim Miller, Dan Hooker, Oliveira, (Michael) Chandler, Gaethje onceagain, Benoit Saint Denis. In ter