Dustin Poirier
| Dustin Poirier | |
|---|---|
Poirier in 2011 | |
| Born | Dustin Glenn Poirier January 19, 1989 Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nickname | The Diamond |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb) |
| Division | Featherweight (2011–2014) Lightweight (2009–2010, 2015–2025) |
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | Coconut Creek, Florida, U.S. |
| Team | Gladiators Academy (until 2012) American Top Team (2012–2025) |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Tim Credeur |
| Years active | 2009–2025 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 41 |
| Wins | 30 |
| By knockout | 15 |
| By submission | 8 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 3 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Amateur record | |
| Total | 7 |
| Wins | 7 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Spouse |
Jolie LeBlanc (m. 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | diamondpoirier |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Dustin Glenn Poirier (born January 19, 1989) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed from 2009 to 2025. He formerly competed in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was an interim UFC Lightweight Champion. Poirier also challenged three times for the undisputed UFC Lightweight Championship and twice for the BMF title. He is considered one of the greatest Lightweights of all time.
Poirier is tied with Justin Gaethje and Edson Barboza for the most Fight of the Night awards in UFC history, with 10. He has landed 1,861 career significant strikes, the fifth most in UFC history, including 1,308 in the lightweight division, which ranks second in divisional history. His 11 career knockout victories are tied for the third most in modern UFC history, with nine of those coming at lightweight, also the second most in the division. Fight Matrix currently ranks him as the fifth-greatest lightweight fighter of all time and the 26th-greatest fighter pound for pound.
Poirier's rematch and trilogy bouts against Conor McGregor rank among the highest-selling pay-per-view events in UFC history. UFC 257 generated approximately 1.6 million buys, while UFC 264 drew around 1.8 million. He reportedly earned $1 million for UFC 257 and $10 million for UFC 264, the latter marking the largest payday of his career.