ni MC / Gerard Peter - @Sports | July 12, 2021
Tinalo ni American brawler Dustin Poirier si Conor McGregor via technical knockout sa kanilang trilogy fight na ginanap sa Las Vegas matapos mabali ang binti ng Irish fighter bago matapos ang opening round.
Opisyal na pinahinto ng doktor ang laban pagtapos ng first round matapos sumablay ang suntok ni McGregor at matumba patalikod kung saan naipit ang kanyang binti sa gilid ng octagon.
Agad naman dinaluhong ni Poirier ang walang kalabang-labang si McGregor, pinaulanan niya ito ng suntok at elbows hanggang ma-save si McGregor ng bell sa harap ng capacity crowd sa T-Mobile arena. “He fractured it on one of the checks at the beginning of the fight, then it broke on a punch, for sure,” wika ni Poirier sa post-fight interview ni Joe Rogan. “I pointed at him at the beginning of the fight, that's when I checked a kick, that's when it cracked.”
"This guy was saying he was going to murder me and kill me. I am going to leave here in a coffin," ani Poirier. "You don't talk to people like that. I hope this guy gets home safe to his beautiful family."
Ayon kay McGregor, may pangyayari talagang hindi mo inaasahan dahil hindi ito inexpect niyang magiging katapusan ng kanilang trilogy. Dahil sa pangyayari, inaasahang magkakaroon pa ng pang-apat na laban.
Sa kabilang banda, halatang hindi naging masaya o kontento sa laban si McGregor na ipinagdiinang ang desisyon ng kanilang laban ay doctor’s stoppage at hindi gaya ng inihatol na technical knockout. “I was boxing the bleeding head off him, kicking the bleeding leg off... this is not over,” wika naman ni McGregor kay Rogan. “If we have to take this outside for him, it's all outside, I don't give a bollocks!”
Ayon kay UFC President Dana White, nakatakdang operahan agad si McGregor ngayong umaga at nagpahatid ito ng malaking balita na tila hindi pa tapos ang naturang bakbakan sa oras na makabalik na muli sa magandang kalusugan si McGregor.