Back to the MMA Newsfeed

UFC 242’s Dustin Poirier not overly impressed with Ferguson or Cerrone: ‘They looked kind of slow’

Dustin Poirier enjoyed the matchup between Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone at UFC 238, but ‘The Diamond’ wasn’t overly impressed with either man’s performance.

Speaking to ESPN MMA in a recent interview to promote his highly anticipated lightweight title unification bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242, Poirier said he doesn’t particularly see ‘El Cucuy’ or ‘Cowboy’ as a threat.

“Yeah, I watched it,” Poirier said, per The Low Kick MMA’s Abhinav Kini. “It was a fun fight to watch. I thought Tony started pulling away, Donald started wearing a lot of damage, getting busted up.