American Top Team head coach Mike Brown could only laugh when asked which of his fighters stresses him out the most while cornering them. Brown will be in Dustin Poirier ’s corner when he challenges Islam Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) for the lightweight title in Saturday’s UFC 302 (pay-per-view/ESPN2/ESPN+) main event at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Brown picked Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) as the most stressful fighter to corner, pointing to his continuous guillotine choke attempts in his past win against Benoit Saint Denis – even though he kept advising him not to. Poirier has never won a fight by guillotine choke. “He’s No.
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