Many are seeing the upcoming lightweight title fight between Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier as a repeat of Poirier’s 2019 failed attempt to win the belt against Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, Javier Mendez , head coach of Makhachev and Nurmagomedov, thinks that analysis is totally wrong. Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) looks to make his third title defense against Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) on June 1 in the main event of UFC 302 . Although Makhachev’s team is familiar with Poirier, Mendez sees this as a different matchup
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