Poirier vs Gaethje

Who won Poirier vs Gaethje?

Dustin Poirier beat Justin Gaethje by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC on FOX 29, on Saturday 14th April 2018 at Gila River Arena in Glendale.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Gaethje stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Justin Gaethje made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Justin Gaethje marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-7-0, while Justin Gaethje's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Poirier, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Poirier's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Poirier had a large advantage over Gaethje, boasting a 32% submission rate over Gaethje's 6%.

Dustin Poirier was the same age as Justin Gaethje, at 35 years old.

Gaethje had a height advantage of 2 inches over Poirier. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Poirier was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Gaethje, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 84 to Gaethje's 66.

Poirier vs Gaethje form

Poirier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Gaethje had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 5th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Dustin Poirier at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rafael Fiziev at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had beaten Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Justin Gaethje had been fighting more than Dustin Poirier.

Going to this contest, Dustin Poirier had last fought 2 years, 4 months and 15 days ago, while Justin Gaethje's last outing had been 13 days ago.

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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