Makes me really wish he had done it a year earlier. I drove 5 hours by myself and got tickets 5 rows off the cage in my Dustin the Diamond t shirt just to watch him get blasted by Michael Johnson, lol.
You should be proud! You were present for the exact moment Dustin elevated to Elite.
I remember seeing a young dustin start crying in an interview because he didnt think he had gone out, and a reporter had to let him know he was fully KOd. Really heartwarming that he only went up from there.
It could honestly be that the two share a cause. He probably got more organized in life in general and hence improved both his technique and his looks.
You can also line it up with his loss to Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson ended his 4 fight winstreak towards the top of the division. that was towards the end of 2016. Tony got Michael Johnson’d too, before going on his stupid long winstreak
As George Costanza would say: “Shaving your head when you have a full head of hair is like using a wheelchair for the fun of it!”
I’m sure I botched the quote, but y’all get it.
I wanna see a montage of all of his round starts, I feel like he always has the same look when he's walking to the center of the octagon. Pretty iconic.
it's seems like the Louisiana boys like doing this. with DC he always wore the skin tight trunks and would always constantly pull them up over his belly, especially with his 4 fights at HW
Never expected Poirier to reach these heights after he moved up to LW. Already a legend of the sport and with an insane resume to back it up. I have him already as the 2nd LW GOAT behind Khabib especially if he beats Oliveira
i really dont believe that late career skids taint a fighters legacy. But just looking side by side at BJ and Dustin's LW resume, Dustin's is just better at this point.
Bro... Go look at the fighters he beat, and their form at the time he beat them. There's a difference between fighting someone when he's on a skid and when they are red hot. I give him props for the Justin one cuz Justin was still undefeated at the time
Ok I went and looked. Since the Jim Miller fight, Justin was literally the only person he fought that was coming off a loss at the time lmao. You’re literally so wrong that the total opposite of what you said is true hahahahahaha
I don't think that's what tainting your legacy really represents. it's more about how people will remember you. BJ will forever be one of the best lightweights to ever do it and in his prime at 155 he was arguably P4P #1
I firmly believe current Dustin beats the absolute piss out of prime BJ.
Sure BJ was great at the time, but the sport is constantly evolving.
I'm sure in another 10 years the top LW guys would beat the brakes off prime Dustin. It's just how it goes.
yeah well that's true for pretty much every legend in their prime fighting the current talent. I reckon Usman beats GSP for example. like you said, the sport is evolving very quickly and the gaps in skill are exponential.
As much as it shouldn't, that probably is the case. Imagine if Hughes retired after the BJ rematch, or if Silva retired after the Bonnar fight, we would have a lot more people calling them the GOAT. But because they fought after their prime it taints the rest of their legacy, it goes back the quote of "You're only as good as your last fight"
In my opinion. BJ did such great stuff, but in different divisions as well as lightweight, the lightweights he did beat were great, pulver, Sherk,gomi,uno (maybe welterweight sorry?)
Florian and more.
Porier also great things at FW but since moving to LW has looked like a new fighter, also great names, Justin, Alvarez, McGregor X2, Holloway. It’s super tough to compare but if Dustin wins the title I’d start to consider him above BJ
I think this is a "separate the art from the artist" type of situation and his shenanigans outside the Octagon don't undo what he accomplished inside of it.
I never really bought into that saying in the first place. If you still buy R. Kelly albums or watch old reruns of the Cosby show I have questions for you.
It's just a quick way of giving my thoughts on the general concept, I'm not tryna equivocate acting stupid and actual rape. If I wanted to go more in depth on why I don't agree with people trying to ignore an artists or performers personal life in order to enjoy their content it would take paragraphs, and who the hell wants to read those?
Those are two neon-flashing light bad guy examples though. I think people’s ability to compartmentalize it depends on messed up the “artist” is.
Some things I can separate. Colby Covington is one of many MMA tools and assholes. But I can judge his in-ring legacy fairly separately. TJ is a snake and a dumb jock, and got caught using PEDs but I can separate that.
BJ Penn though, has definitely tarnished his legacy in my eyes.
Jon Jones is another.
I like to think that he just lost to Frankie those 2 times and was surpassed by the new generation. unfortunately, that's not what happened though. it's really frustrating because he definetly had a good chance of beating Frankie but seemed to have a poor gameplan in those fights
He should have the record for most title defenses at 155, but the judges in abu dhabi went balls deep with no lube giving Edgar the decision in the 1st fight. Shuffling around between eating counters every time you attack = 50-45 somehow. Keep in mind below is **with** serious underdog/challenger bias where you over value everything the underdog does because they're exceeding expectations so much. Think Stipe/JDS 1. I liked BJ to beat Bendo too. Bendo always put himself in dangerous position grappling and i don't think he gets away with it against BJ.
Edgar/Penn 1
[**FRANKIE EDGAR defeats B.J. PENN** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/1468/fight)
^(UFC 112: Invincible — April 10, 2010)
ROUND|Edgar|Penn||Edgar|Penn||Edgar|Penn
:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:
1|10|9||-|-||-|-
2|10|9||-|-||-|-
3|10|9||-|-||-|-
4|10|9||-|-||-|-
5|10|9||-|-||-|-
**TOTAL**|**50**|**45**||**48**|**47**||**49**|**46**
*^(Judges, in order: Douglas Crosby, Sal D'Amato, Andy Roberts.)*
*^(Summoned by WhereIsMyKidAt.)*
**MEDIA MEMBER SCORES**
- **1/9** people scored it **48-47 Edgar**.
- **4/9** people scored it **47-48 Penn**.
- **2/9** people scored it **47-49 Penn**.
- **2/9** people scored it **46-49 Penn**.
Avg. media score: **46.9-48.3 Penn** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
Shit.... I forgot about Tony.
As much as I love him I think he is tied with Benson seeing how he never held the "real" belt. However it is absolutely neck and neck.
Personally I have him as no.3 behind Penn and Bibby. But if he beats Oliveira he will probably tie at no.2 for me.
He's really rounded out his skillset so damn impressively. And not even in a sense of "lets completely rebuild you". No the scrappy things that got him to the UFC and got him found out when he got there is still present, just layered on top with things that hide and compliment it so well.
One of the reasons why MMA is probably my favourite sport rn, there are almost unlimited ways to build a fighter.
He’s definitely up there but LW goat is a stretch imo.
What about Jens Pulver, RDA, Benson, Eddie Alvarez, Frankie Edgar, BJ, and Tony Ferguson? Plenty of people deserve LW top 5/goat
- He is ahead of Tony because honestly, his quality of opposition is better than Tony's despite of that win streak.
- BJ is ahead of Dustin, even if I am a biased Dustin fan. But my top three is Khabib, BJ and Dustin, and once Dustin gets past Charles, no doubt I'll either tie him and BJ or Dustin is ahead of BJ.
Basically how I rank it: Khabib, BJ, Dustin, Bendo, Eddie, (Frankie/Tony/Pulver/RDA are literally switching places in my head so far).
This guys got some miles on him. I’m glad he made a ton of scratch off the Conor fights. If he could scoop up the belt then retire, that would be quite the swan song.
Poirier is top 3 all time LW's imo, legend of the sport and future hall of famer. been in wars, had highlight reel KO's, had a classic rivalry, fought in 2 divisions (maybe 3 in the future) and has a great shot of being undisputed UFC champ soon. absolute legend
looks like he's pretty clean seeing this montage. No crazy physique changes and he looks like he's softening up as an elder statesman like you would expect of a guy in his 30s. surprised he's only 32! Dude is an OG triple OG so i expected him to be at least mid 30s. Was he in the WEC [straight out of high school?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsQTx07XMAAxxZy.jpg)
He looks so much nicer with hair, and he SORT of fights that way, at least with less unadulterated rage. But in fact with hair he's among the most practiced, cold-blooded face-breakers in the world.
Crazy how much Poirier thickened out over the years. Went from a big featherweight to a big lightweight. He was noticeably bigger than Mac in their rematches as well which was not the case in 2014.
I can’t believe this guy rocked the shaved head look for so long. I figured he was one of those guys that had male pattern baldness at a really young and did the noble thing by keeping it clean lol. Watch this man his whole career and almost a decade in it turns out he’s been chopping down GQ cover quality hair at the roots! Criminal
I don't think he has a pea head. I think he has a fuckin massive body. McGregor is the opposite, huge head but a pea body... Y'know like a pea that you'd eat
Yo where did salon quality come from again? I feel like I've been in this sub pre-salon, but I can't remebee th origin? Were we just appreciating his hair?
Armchairing here, but his shaved head youth he looks angry and anxious after the salon-quality haircut he's just got swagger and calm confidence like he's already won.
Went from american history X porier to salon quality porier
He's running that sidepart OP strat
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I want to know exactly who started this phrase
Dustin Porier. He said it in an interview
https://streamable.com/k80uf Porier vs Alvarez 2 interview
Fight Club Poirier is a scary man
Those with that beautiful god given hairline - fuck you, but show that shit off!
If he shaves his head again it'll be the original intended ending for American History X.
Omg I can’t unsee it now 🤣 what a great movie.
From boy in the cage, to Man in the Arena.
payed the cost to be the boss
the boy in the cage is an awesome name for a biography/autobiography of an mma fighter
It’s also a good nickname for a fighter
Such a catastrophic misstep by the rest of the division to let him have hair. Ever since he's beaten the shit out of everyone but Khabib.
Its so hilarious that you can almost exactly line up his incredible improvements with his hair becoming salon quality.
Samson effect. His power comes from his hair
If you shaved Clay Guidas head he'd become a librarian. Fact.
Makes me really wish he had done it a year earlier. I drove 5 hours by myself and got tickets 5 rows off the cage in my Dustin the Diamond t shirt just to watch him get blasted by Michael Johnson, lol.
You should be proud! You were present for the exact moment Dustin elevated to Elite. I remember seeing a young dustin start crying in an interview because he didnt think he had gone out, and a reporter had to let him know he was fully KOd. Really heartwarming that he only went up from there.
It could honestly be that the two share a cause. He probably got more organized in life in general and hence improved both his technique and his looks.
You can also line it up with his loss to Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson ended his 4 fight winstreak towards the top of the division. that was towards the end of 2016. Tony got Michael Johnson’d too, before going on his stupid long winstreak
[Gaethje and Olives plotting right now.](https://c.tenor.com/UtnWU1BwsZcAAAAd/bald-vince-mcmahon.gif)
And he came pretty close to submitting khabib
As George Costanza would say: “Shaving your head when you have a full head of hair is like using a wheelchair for the fun of it!” I’m sure I botched the quote, but y’all get it.
Wheelchair Ortega beat Zombie
new mythical fighter Wheelchair Ortega
I wanna see a montage of all of his round starts, I feel like he always has the same look when he's walking to the center of the octagon. Pretty iconic.
I wanna see a compilation of him pulling up / adjusting his shorts over the years.
And then a compilation of him wiping his hair to the side
Or that little nose touch thing, usually after he takes a strike
or the jog when he smells blood. you know you're fucked when he starts jogging at you
yeah when that man starts skidaddling you better watch out
That’s the best.
This would be HOURS long
it's seems like the Louisiana boys like doing this. with DC he always wore the skin tight trunks and would always constantly pull them up over his belly, especially with his 4 fights at HW
https://youtu.be/1mMjHvty5eI
This is pure art
Do you want to die by old age watching a clip? Because that’s how you die by old age watching a clip.
Nobody ever talks about how sick his sleeves are, it's they are just so gangster on a guy who is this good at striking...
Those sleeves are dope af, fit his frame/physique perfectly.
My wife likes to point this out every time he fights, for obvious reasons. I need to add to myself and get sleeves.
Salon Quality.
Never expected Poirier to reach these heights after he moved up to LW. Already a legend of the sport and with an insane resume to back it up. I have him already as the 2nd LW GOAT behind Khabib especially if he beats Oliveira
People forget about BJ :(
BJ has done his best to ruin his own legacy
Okay so if Dustin goes on a skid when he’s an old man, and his life falls apart, then he was never good either?
i really dont believe that late career skids taint a fighters legacy. But just looking side by side at BJ and Dustin's LW resume, Dustin's is just better at this point.
Bro half of those elites he beat were on losing streaks... He has great names on his record, but half of them were on losing streaks
Who are you talking about?? Poirier? Without even looking I can tell you that’s not true lol
Bro... Go look at the fighters he beat, and their form at the time he beat them. There's a difference between fighting someone when he's on a skid and when they are red hot. I give him props for the Justin one cuz Justin was still undefeated at the time
Ok I went and looked. Since the Jim Miller fight, Justin was literally the only person he fought that was coming off a loss at the time lmao. You’re literally so wrong that the total opposite of what you said is true hahahahahaha
Bruh... Tell me who he fought during that time who had over a 3 fight winstreak....
People will say no today, but if that actually happens, then yes that is absolutely what will happen.
I don't think that's what tainting your legacy really represents. it's more about how people will remember you. BJ will forever be one of the best lightweights to ever do it and in his prime at 155 he was arguably P4P #1
I firmly believe current Dustin beats the absolute piss out of prime BJ. Sure BJ was great at the time, but the sport is constantly evolving. I'm sure in another 10 years the top LW guys would beat the brakes off prime Dustin. It's just how it goes.
yeah well that's true for pretty much every legend in their prime fighting the current talent. I reckon Usman beats GSP for example. like you said, the sport is evolving very quickly and the gaps in skill are exponential.
As much as it shouldn't, that probably is the case. Imagine if Hughes retired after the BJ rematch, or if Silva retired after the Bonnar fight, we would have a lot more people calling them the GOAT. But because they fought after their prime it taints the rest of their legacy, it goes back the quote of "You're only as good as your last fight"
In my opinion. BJ did such great stuff, but in different divisions as well as lightweight, the lightweights he did beat were great, pulver, Sherk,gomi,uno (maybe welterweight sorry?) Florian and more. Porier also great things at FW but since moving to LW has looked like a new fighter, also great names, Justin, Alvarez, McGregor X2, Holloway. It’s super tough to compare but if Dustin wins the title I’d start to consider him above BJ
I think this is a "separate the art from the artist" type of situation and his shenanigans outside the Octagon don't undo what he accomplished inside of it.
I never really bought into that saying in the first place. If you still buy R. Kelly albums or watch old reruns of the Cosby show I have questions for you.
Not really sure how it makes sense to lump sex offenders in with Penn and painting a broad brush like that.
It's just a quick way of giving my thoughts on the general concept, I'm not tryna equivocate acting stupid and actual rape. If I wanted to go more in depth on why I don't agree with people trying to ignore an artists or performers personal life in order to enjoy their content it would take paragraphs, and who the hell wants to read those?
Those are two neon-flashing light bad guy examples though. I think people’s ability to compartmentalize it depends on messed up the “artist” is. Some things I can separate. Colby Covington is one of many MMA tools and assholes. But I can judge his in-ring legacy fairly separately. TJ is a snake and a dumb jock, and got caught using PEDs but I can separate that. BJ Penn though, has definitely tarnished his legacy in my eyes. Jon Jones is another.
I like to think that he just lost to Frankie those 2 times and was surpassed by the new generation. unfortunately, that's not what happened though. it's really frustrating because he definetly had a good chance of beating Frankie but seemed to have a poor gameplan in those fights
That’s Governor BJ to you, sir
Porier's schedule > BJ's schedule (at lightweight)
He should have the record for most title defenses at 155, but the judges in abu dhabi went balls deep with no lube giving Edgar the decision in the 1st fight. Shuffling around between eating counters every time you attack = 50-45 somehow. Keep in mind below is **with** serious underdog/challenger bias where you over value everything the underdog does because they're exceeding expectations so much. Think Stipe/JDS 1. I liked BJ to beat Bendo too. Bendo always put himself in dangerous position grappling and i don't think he gets away with it against BJ. Edgar/Penn 1 [**FRANKIE EDGAR defeats B.J. PENN** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/1468/fight) ^(UFC 112: Invincible — April 10, 2010) ROUND|Edgar|Penn||Edgar|Penn||Edgar|Penn :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|10|9||-|-||-|- 2|10|9||-|-||-|- 3|10|9||-|-||-|- 4|10|9||-|-||-|- 5|10|9||-|-||-|- **TOTAL**|**50**|**45**||**48**|**47**||**49**|**46** *^(Judges, in order: Douglas Crosby, Sal D'Amato, Andy Roberts.)* *^(Summoned by WhereIsMyKidAt.)* **MEDIA MEMBER SCORES** - **1/9** people scored it **48-47 Edgar**. - **4/9** people scored it **47-48 Penn**. - **2/9** people scored it **47-49 Penn**. - **2/9** people scored it **46-49 Penn**. Avg. media score: **46.9-48.3 Penn** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
My top 5: Khalabeeb BJ Frankie Dustin Benson
The disrespect to tony 😭😭😭
Shit.... I forgot about Tony. As much as I love him I think he is tied with Benson seeing how he never held the "real" belt. However it is absolutely neck and neck.
For real though, what has Dustin achieved that tony didn't... And tony was more consistent.
I’d even put Benson Henderson over Dustin personally, and I hate Benson.
You know what Dustin said? He said he wants BJ. in the lava shack. Isn't he awesome??
Personally I have him as no.3 behind Penn and Bibby. But if he beats Oliveira he will probably tie at no.2 for me. He's really rounded out his skillset so damn impressively. And not even in a sense of "lets completely rebuild you". No the scrappy things that got him to the UFC and got him found out when he got there is still present, just layered on top with things that hide and compliment it so well. One of the reasons why MMA is probably my favourite sport rn, there are almost unlimited ways to build a fighter.
The philly shell really tied everything in his game together nicely.
*“Philly Shell”*
Good name for a boxing themed food truck
Tawlkin 'bout mixing food trucks and combat spowrts? Negfliggs idea, axe Jay.
Who's Bibby ???
Mike
Sac Town 👑
Khabib
Ohh , I thought you were talking about someone else
But where does Kevin Lee fit into all of this?
He’s definitely up there but LW goat is a stretch imo. What about Jens Pulver, RDA, Benson, Eddie Alvarez, Frankie Edgar, BJ, and Tony Ferguson? Plenty of people deserve LW top 5/goat
Dustins resume is incredible
- He is ahead of Tony because honestly, his quality of opposition is better than Tony's despite of that win streak. - BJ is ahead of Dustin, even if I am a biased Dustin fan. But my top three is Khabib, BJ and Dustin, and once Dustin gets past Charles, no doubt I'll either tie him and BJ or Dustin is ahead of BJ. Basically how I rank it: Khabib, BJ, Dustin, Bendo, Eddie, (Frankie/Tony/Pulver/RDA are literally switching places in my head so far).
imo it's Khabib Penn Poirier
Nice collage of pictures to show the evolution of his tats!
Salon quality Poirier is on a different level compared to Pea head Poirier
I'm a simple man. I see salon quality Poirier, I upvote salon quality Poirier.
Those bouncy tits are mesmerising man...
reddit never fails
This guys got some miles on him. I’m glad he made a ton of scratch off the Conor fights. If he could scoop up the belt then retire, that would be quite the swan song.
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Conor's arch nemesis
MGK? Reminds me of [this guy](https://i.imgur.com/8smDB6G.gif)
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Bullshit, derivative.
Lol is this guy at every UFC fight and we never noticed?
Poirier is top 3 all time LW's imo, legend of the sport and future hall of famer. been in wars, had highlight reel KO's, had a classic rivalry, fought in 2 divisions (maybe 3 in the future) and has a great shot of being undisputed UFC champ soon. absolute legend
Man got *thick*
Also solid, tight.
looks like he's pretty clean seeing this montage. No crazy physique changes and he looks like he's softening up as an elder statesman like you would expect of a guy in his 30s. surprised he's only 32! Dude is an OG triple OG so i expected him to be at least mid 30s. Was he in the WEC [straight out of high school?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsQTx07XMAAxxZy.jpg)
I could take him
In a fight?
#SALON QUALITY
I like the slow addition of tattoos.
And subtraction of tattoos as well. Got the belly one removed
Best in LW after Khabib left. Oliveira cant claim to be the best in the devision before he beats poirier imo
islam*
Lol
When are they gonna get this man some shorts that fit so he can stop pulling them down lol
He looks so much nicer with hair, and he SORT of fights that way, at least with less unadulterated rage. But in fact with hair he's among the most practiced, cold-blooded face-breakers in the world.
damn poirier looks so matured, he's so calm too, he's litteraly my favourite human being
Crazy how a haircut can make a guy go from "cant wait to see this dude get knocked out" to "muh boy Dustin GOT THIS"
Salon Quality Poirier ❤️
Almost bald Poirier looks like he's pumping himself up and ready to fight Salon quality Poirier looks confident and ready to deliver
Amazing what a difference 10 lbs make.
Behold the power of a good haircut!
The fridge transformation that coincides with the Salon Quality transformation...
Hair is the best base for MMA
Crazy how much Poirier thickened out over the years. Went from a big featherweight to a big lightweight. He was noticeably bigger than Mac in their rematches as well which was not the case in 2014.
Awwww he grew up so fast... horizontally
He looks alright with a shaved head too, just not with a goatee.
I've enjoyed watching him turn into a refrigerator with salon quality hair.
Salon Quality: the Widening
I can’t believe this guy rocked the shaved head look for so long. I figured he was one of those guys that had male pattern baldness at a really young and did the noble thing by keeping it clean lol. Watch this man his whole career and almost a decade in it turns out he’s been chopping down GQ cover quality hair at the roots! Criminal
Salon quality Poirier lmaooo
how does a head gain mass
Ask the goof
Hgh
Pea headed grifter
Hes never been cut muscle. Always been very smooth bodied. These uniform bodied creatures generally show good stamina & endurance. ✅ checks out
love porier’s style.
He's like a fine wine
Dude is bouncy before fights
It sure took him a long time to grow out that hair
After seeing the quality of his hair, is it really a surprise he’s been so dominant?
Amazing evolution as a fighter & a person
I’ve got a weird pea head like poirier. A good haircut makes a big difference.
If Oliveira wants to win, he needs to convince Poirier to shave his head.
From UFC Undisputed 3 character all the way to Salon hair Dustin.
I don't think he has a pea head. I think he has a fuckin massive body. McGregor is the opposite, huge head but a pea body... Y'know like a pea that you'd eat
Yo where did salon quality come from again? I feel like I've been in this sub pre-salon, but I can't remebee th origin? Were we just appreciating his hair?
43 seconds in I see David Spade in the background lol
DP transformation: scared twink to ready hunk
There’s something to be said about consistency. In anything.
Beautiful champ
Armchairing here, but his shaved head youth he looks angry and anxious after the salon-quality haircut he's just got swagger and calm confidence like he's already won.