(R-L) Dustin Poirier punches Conor McGregor of Ireland in a lightweight fight during the UFC 257 event inside Etihad Arena on UFC Fight Island on January 23, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Popular movie star Sylvester Stallone weighed in on Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 3 that will be headlining UFC 264 on the 10th of July
Despite being over a month away, the McGregor-Poirier trilogy has got the whole world on tenterhooks. The seasoned UFC lightweights will face off at UFC 264 on the 10th of July, in Las Vegas.
Their first fight was at UFC 178 in September 2014, when McGregor won via. knockout. Poirier exacted revenge 6 years later at UFC 257. He beat the Irishman via. knockout in the second round, thereby handing him his first-ever knockout loss.
The third fight was agreed in the immediate aftermath, and was later made official three months later.
TMZ Sports caught up with Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone and asked for his prediction for the McGregor-Poirier trilogy bout.
Stallone said that it was a hard one, before going on to contrast the characteristics of McGregor and Poirier.
He said:
“”That’s a tough one man. That’s a real tough one…It’s like who hits first. You got a really hungry, young guy [Poirier] and then a guy who’s made a lot of money but he’s also sorta hungry [McGregor].
Stallone then went on to give his prediction for the fight. Despite calling it a tough one, the ‘Expendables’ star, claimed that Poirier had a big time advantage to settle the scores in the rivalry.
Here is what Stallone had to say:
“I mean, you have two guys that are psychologically a little hesitant, but Poirier has the big-time advantage.”
A win here for any of the two, will land them a title opportunity. They will get to fight the newly-crowned lightweight champion Charles ‘Du Bronx’ Oliveira.
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