Dustin Poirier insists he was just moments away from finishing Conor McGregor before the Irishman suffered a broken tibia in their trilogy fight at UFC 264.
Poirier earned a TKO victory against McGregor after the Irishman broke his left tibia in the closing moments of the first round.
But Poirier feels the outcome would have been just the same had McGregor not have suffered a broken leg. In a recent interview with legendary boxing trainer Teddy Atlas, Poirier explained that after landing a punch he saw an expression on McGregor's face that showed he was hurt. "We threw crosses at the same time.
I slipped his and I kinda threw a looping cross that touched him good,” Poirier said. “Now I know. I saw the same eyes I saw in Abu Dhabi when I
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