Dustin Poirier
“The Diamond”
Dustin Poirier is ranked 13th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,00713th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.68Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,075, 10 Jul 2021
- Record
- 30–10Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 2025 | Lost to Max Holloway TitleUFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −22 |
| 1 Jun 2024 | Lost to Islam Makhachev TitleUFC 302 - Makhachev vs. Poirier · Submission (Brabo Choke), R5 | −10 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Won vs Benoit St. DenisUFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | +4 |
| 29 Jul 2023 | Lost to Justin GaethjeUFC 291 - Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · KO (Head Kick), R2 | −16 |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Michael ChandlerUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +6 |
| 11 Dec 2021 | Lost to Charles Oliveira TitleUFC 269 - Oliveira vs. Poirier · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | −15 |
| 10 Jul 2021 | Won vs Conor McGregorUFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · TKO (Leg Injury), R1 | +9 |
| 23 Jan 2021 | Won vs Conor McGregorUFC 257 - Poirier vs. McGregor 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | +17 |
| 27 Jun 2020 | Won vs Dan HookerUFC on ESPN 12 - Poirier vs. Hooker · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −5 |
| 7 Sept 2019 | Lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov TitleUFC 242 - Khabib vs. Poirier · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | −20 |
| 13 Apr 2019 | Won vs Max Holloway TitleUFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +12 |
| 28 Jul 2018 | Won vs Eddie AlvarezUFC on Fox 30 - Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +26 |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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