Former UFC lightweight Eddie Alvarez and tough division contender Dustin Poirier battled it out over the weekend. Now Poirier has come forward with a few words on the matter.
The fight was momentarily halted in the second round, as Alvarez illegally struck Poirier in the head with a 12-to-1 downward elbow. Consequently, the fighters were stood up before the bout continued.
Poirier earned a TKO victory over the former title holder shortly after. Speaking at the UFC on FOX 30 post fight press conference, Poirier revealed that there was more going on than that.
“I don’t want to say somebody’s a dirty fighter. But the first fight, you kneed me; the second fight, you tried to elbow me illegally and you gave me a wet willy. We’ve got to draw the line somewhere.”
“The weird thing is, when I had him in the guillotine, he stuck his finger in my ear and was pulling me down and the ref warned him. And he put his finger right back in my ear. So, this is an old dog that knows a lot of tricks.”
UFC on FOX 30 went down on Saturday, July 28, in Calgary, Canada.
