The 'Diamond' was throwing three-punch combinations before sprawling, landing vicious hooks to the body of his sparring partner and then stepping back and throwing uppercuts as the pad man advanced. However, the fact Khabib did not do a workout and instead chose to do a fan Q&A is telling. Open workouts during fight week are always an excellent opportunity to see what sort of physical condition fighters are in before the contest itself, although it is easy to look too much into what actually goes on. As we can see from coach Mike Brown's Instagram post below, Poirier carries more power now than he ever did at featherweight.ĥ Iaquinta showed the world there are holes to Khabib's striking In his run to the lightweight title, Poirier beat Anthony Pettis, Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje and Holloway, largely with his powerful striking. But it is this explosive style which can allow Poirier to exploit openings such as by spinning to the back when he escapes side mount. Poirier can force Khabib to expend energy by switching his hips and baiting Nurmagomedov into submissions.Īs a wrestler by trade, Khabib will try and use dynamism to blast the interim champion away. Poirier spoke about risking putting himself in dangerous positions just to get back up, but the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt has the necessary tools to avoid this against the champion. If and when Poirier gets taken down by Khabib, the former World Extreme Cagefighting contender has the ability to get back up - something which will be crucial. 5 Eddie Alvarez has a strong wrestling background, but could not stop Poirier Credit: Getty Images - Getty
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