Dustin Poirier

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.

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

Height

175 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter

High school

Northside High School

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://diamondpoirier.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dustinpoirier/
• Xhttps://x.com/DustinPoirier
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Louisiana
• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.