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My Take
Dustin Poirier never held the undisputed belt, and somehow that makes me respect him more. He fought from 2009 to 2025, won the interim lightweight title, and kept charging at the championship three separate times, a stubbornness only true fighters possess. What stays with me is not a record but a temperament: a Louisiana kid who treated every fight as a chance to empty himself completely. Champions get headlines, but fighters like Poirier earn something rarer, the audience's lasting trust. If I had to explain what heart means in mixed martial arts, I would simply show a Poirier fight and say nothing.
Overview
Dustin Glenn Poirier (born January 19, 1989) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed from 2009 to 2025. He formerly competed in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was an interim UFC Lightweight Champion. Poirier also challenged three times for the undisputed UFC Lightweight Championship and twice for the BMF title.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dustin Poirier
- Name (Japanese)
- ダスティン・ポイエー
- Reading
- だすてぃん・ぽいえー
- Born
- January 19, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Northside High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.