Dustin Poirier Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#5Max Holloway Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Jul 19, 2025
L	CIslam MakhachevTitle Lightweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R5	2:42	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier	Jun 1, 2024
W	#12Benoit Saint Denis Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:32	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2	Mar 9, 2024
L	#3Justin Gaethje Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R2	1:00	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Jul 29, 2023
W	#5Michael Chandler Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:00	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022
L	CCharles OliveiraTitle Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:02	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021
W	#5Conor McGregor Lightweight	KO/TKO	—	R1	5:00	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	Jul 10, 2021
W	#4Conor McGregor Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	2:32	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor	Jan 23, 2021
W	#5Dan Hooker Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker	Jun 27, 2020
L	CKhabib NurmagomedovTitle Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:06	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
W	Max HollowayTitle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019
W	#3Eddie Alvarez Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:05	UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2	Jul 28, 2018
W	#6Justin Gaethje Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R4	0:33	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018
W	#13Anthony Pettis Lightweight	KO/TKO	to Injury	R3	2:08	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	Nov 11, 2017
NC	#3Eddie Alvarez Lightweight	No Contest	—	R2	4:02	UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos	May 13, 2017
W	#14Jim Miller Lightweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie	Feb 11, 2017
L	#10Michael Johnson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:35	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson	Sep 17, 2016
W	#13King Green Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:53	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
W	Joe Duffy Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit	Jan 2, 2016
W	Yancy Medeiros Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	2:38	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
W	Diego Ferreira Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	3:45	UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas	Apr 4, 2015
L	#9Conor McGregor Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:46	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014
W	Akira Corassani Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:42	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Kennedy	Apr 16, 2014
W	Diego Brandao Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R1	4:54	UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2	Dec 28, 2013
W	#10Erik Koch Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2	Aug 31, 2013
L	#6Cub Swanson Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald	Feb 16, 2013
W	Jonathan Brookins Featherweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke From Front Headlock	R1	4:15	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale	Dec 15, 2012
L	Chan Sung Jung Featherweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke From Front Headlock Technical Submission	R4	1:07	UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier	May 15, 2012
W	Max Holloway Featherweight	Submission	Triangle Armbar From Mount	R1	3:23	UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit	Feb 4, 2012
W	Pablo Garza Featherweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke From Half Guard	R2	1:32	UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos	Nov 12, 2011
W	Jason Young Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin	Jun 11, 2011
W	Josh Grispi Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 125: Resolution	Jan 1, 2011

Outside the UFC

8-1across 9 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 subWEC · USA MMA · Ringside MMA 7 · BFC · USA MMA 8 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Zachary Micklewright15-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:53	WEC	Nov 11, 2010
L	Danny Castillo17-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Aug 18, 2010
W	Derek Gauthier8-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:57	Ringside MMA 7	Jun 18, 2010
W	Derrick Krantz26-12	Submission	Armbar	R2	3:35	USA MMA	Mar 6, 2010
W	Ronnie Lis1-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:51	USA MMA	Nov 13, 2009
W	Daniel Watts3-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:26	BFC	Oct 31, 2009
W	Joe Torrez1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:37	USA MMA 8	Aug 1, 2009
W	Nate Jolly14-7	Submission	Armbar	R2	3:54	CFC	Jun 26, 2009
W	Aaron Suarez1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:19	USA MMA 7	May 16, 2009

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionNo Love Entertainment

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Gilbert Jimenez8-12-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	4:00	No Love Entertainment	Jan 24, 2009

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

15 wins, 3 losses

W15

L3

Submission

8 wins, 4 losses

W8

L4

Decision

7 wins, 3 losses

W7

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

11

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.48

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.74

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Dustin Poirier

PowerChin

Knockout rate

35%

11 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

15

1.05 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

4

0.39 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

7 scorecards on file

Dustin Poirier

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–2

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 86%

5W1L

Split

None

Majority1 decision · 14%

1W

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

5

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

50%1,788 / 3,578

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.67 differential

Landed5.24

Absorbed4.57

58%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head80%94th1,429
Body10%44th175
Leg10%58th184

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%1,354
Clinch15%268
Ground9%166

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Dustin Poirier

Landed per 15

Head

A+

96th

63.2

96th

Body

C

43rd

7.7

43rd

Leg

B

58th

8.1

58th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

20th

44.9

20th

Body

F

17th

15.6

17th

Leg

D

34th

9.5

34th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	63.2	1,429	3,116	46%
Body	7.7	175	238	74%
Leg	8.1	184	224	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	44.9	1,016	2,547	40%
Body	15.6	353	478	74%
Leg	9.5	214	260	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Dustin Poirier

36%

Takedown accuracy

63%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.0 min net

On top3.1

On bottom3.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

52nd

1.2

52nd

TD accuracy

C

49th

36%

49th

Sub attempts

A

78th

1.0

78th

Control

C

58th

3.1 min

58th

Defense

TD defense

C

52nd

63%

52nd

Controlled

3.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	28 / 78
Submission attempts	23
Control time	70:02

Defense

TDs defended	55 / 88
Control absorbed	69:26

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (339min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Dustin Poirier

31 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 339 min

80%

R3 pace · 16 bouts

Poirier fades (-4% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Poirier drops to 80% of round-1 output by round 3 (16 bouts).

Poirier ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Poirierlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Poirierattempts / min

Control time

Poirier% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.2	5.8	4.5	0.20	19%	31
R2	7.0	5.3	4.6	0.26	23%	22
R3	5.7	3.8	4.3	0.30	25%	16
R4	7.1	5.7	5.9	0.28	13%	6
R5	6.0	5.6	6.4	0.00	11%	4

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Dustin Poirier

32 resolved UFC bouts · 20 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

86/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

99th

83%

99th

Win quality

A+

93rd

63%

93rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

12

9

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	12	6-5, 1 NC	55%
Top-5	9	5-4	56%
Top-15	4	4-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Building	4	4-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Max Holloway#5	Top-5	87	Jul 19, 2025
L	Islam MakhachevCHAMP	Champion	100	Jun 1, 2024
W	Benoit Saint Denis#12	Top-5	74	Mar 9, 2024
L	Justin Gaethje#3	Champion	94	Jul 29, 2023
W	Michael Chandler#5	Top-5	80	Nov 12, 2022
L	Charles OliveiraCHAMP	Champion	100	Dec 11, 2021
W	Conor McGregor#5	Champion	92	Jul 10, 2021
W	Conor McGregor#4	Champion	93	Jan 23, 2021
W	Dan Hooker#5	Top-5	80	Jun 27, 2020
L	Khabib NurmagomedovCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 7, 2019
W	Max Holloway	Top-5	87	Apr 13, 2019
W	Eddie Alvarez#3	Champion	96	Jul 28, 2018
W	Justin Gaethje#6	Champion	91	Apr 14, 2018
W	Anthony Pettis#13	Champion	87	Nov 11, 2017
NC	Eddie Alvarez#3	Champion	96	May 13, 2017
W	Jim Miller#14	Top-5	74	Feb 11, 2017
L	Michael Johnson#10	Top-5	75	Sep 17, 2016
W	King Green#13	Top-15	64	Jun 4, 2016
W	Joe Duffy	Building	15	Jan 2, 2016
W	Yancy Medeiros	Cross-div ranked	36	Jun 6, 2015
W	Diego Ferreira	Top-15	53	Apr 4, 2015
L	Conor McGregor#9	Champion	90	Sep 27, 2014
W	Akira Corassani	Building	18	Apr 16, 2014
W	Diego Brandao	Top-15	45	Dec 28, 2013
W	Erik Koch#10	Top-15	71	Aug 31, 2013
L	Cub Swanson#6	Top-5	83	Feb 16, 2013
W	Jonathan Brookins	Building	18	Dec 15, 2012
L	Chan Sung Jung	Top-5	57	May 15, 2012
W	Max Holloway	Champion	68	Feb 4, 2012
W	Pablo Garza	Building	15	Nov 12, 2011
W	Jason Young	Unproven	8	Jun 11, 2011
W	Josh Grispi	Unproven	8	Jan 1, 2011

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

31 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-2

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

9-5

14 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

10-2

12 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

7-1

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

14-8

22 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-3

4 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-2

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

3-2

5 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-2

3 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

11 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Dustin Poirier

Within a year

11 monthssince last bout

vs Max Holloway · Jul 19, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 15-5As underdog 6-4

82.0

DK avg

99.1

Median

115.3

Ceiling

36.5

Floor

68%

Boom

13%

Bust

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