UFC fighter who submitted Max Holloway and knocked out Conor McGregor predicts UFC 329 — ‘Smokes him like a brisket’
BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 17: (L-R) Conor McGregor punches Max Holloway in their UFC featherweight bout at TD Garden on August 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) | Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Retired UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier spent six of his pro fights competing against former champions Max Holloway and Conor McGregor, compiling a combined record of 4-2 while registering a submission victory over “Blessed” at UFC 143 and a knockout win over “Notorious” at UFC 257 . If anyone can tell you what it’s like to face the volume punching of the Hawaiian, or the knockout power of the Irishman, it’s “The Diamond.
” Poirier recently gave his breakdown of the UFC 329 main event on July 11 in Las Vegas , where Holloway and McGregor will rematch to close out International Fight Week . “I think Max smokes him like a brisket,” Poirier told Paramount’s Deep Waters” podcast . “The thing is, Conor has the power.
No matter the injury, that’s going to be there still. The timing, other things matter. But the power’s going to be there.
He has a puncher’s chance. Max for sure is a volume puncher, but at 155 when I fought him last, he has power behind his shots, and I’ve got to think at 170 he’s got to have even more power. ” But don’t run to the betting window just yet.
“Max can punch now,” Poirier added. “He’s not just a volume puncher. He can finish fights.