{"id":3555,"date":"2024-04-22T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:38:07","slug":"islam-makhachevs-prediction-for-his-fight-against-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-302","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/islam-makhachevs-prediction-for-his-fight-against-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-302\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev&#8217;s prediction for his fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islam Makhachev will face Dustin Poirier on June 2, during the main event of UFC 302. He shared his prediction for the fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islam Makhachev, reigning UFC lightweight champion, will put his belt back on the line on June 2, during UFC 302. The Dagestani will face number 3 in the division, Dustin Poirier. The latter is coming off a big victory by knockout in the second round over Frenchman Beno\u00eet Saint Denis, and will contest the third title shot of his career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dustin Poirier has already failed twice in his attempt to win the lightweight title, once by being submitted by Khabib, the other by Charles Oliveira. Islam Makhachev knocked out Alexander Volkanovski last October at UFC 294.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Islam Makhachev gives his prediction for UFC 302<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The guillotine is one of Dustin Poirier&#8217;s favorite attacks when trying to take him to the ground. The American had tried to submit Makhachev&#8217;s close friend Khabib with this technique, and repeated it against BSD. Islam Makhachev expects \u2018The Diamond\u2019 to tempt her again. During a recent interview, the champion shared his prediction for the fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prior to being officially booked vs. Dustin Poirier at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC302?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC302<\/a>, champ Islam Makhachev made a simple prediction. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He will try to give me guillotine, and I will take his back and choke him.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeBohn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeBohn<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAhW1DEnI8\">pic.twitter.com\/iAhW1DEnI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAJunkie\/status\/1782096655073915000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m going to take him to the ground, he\u2019s going to try to put a guillotine on me,\u201d Islam Makhachev told MMA Junkie. \u201cI will take his back and strangle him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The current number 6 lightweight, Michael Chandler, also gave his prediction for this fight. The American will face Conor McGregor on June 29.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_78028\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNxlBjLkyUY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islam Makhachev will face Dustin Poirier on June 2, during the main event of UFC 302. He shared his prediction for the fight. Islam Makhachev, reigning UFC lightweight champion, will put his belt back on the line on June 2, during UFC 302. The Dagestani will face number 3 in the division, Dustin Poirier. 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