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Eddie Alvarez shuts down Dustin Poirier: A rematch would be ‘the silliest thing I could do’

UFC 211’s slugfest between Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier ended up being ruled a No Contest (NC) after Alvarez unintentionally landed a series of illegal knees to Poirier in the second round.

Poirier, who recently shut out Anthony Pettis at UFC Fight Night 120, felt the bout should have been declared a DQ loss for Alvarez and has been campaigning for a rematch with ‘The Underground King’ ever since.

Alvarez, though, who knocked out former WSOF lightweight champion Justin Gaethje a couple of weeks ago at UFC 218, thinks a rematch with ‘The Diamond’ would be a huge step back.