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Grudge match between Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier set for UFC 281
Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler will fight at UFC 281 in November. Photo Troy Taormina – USA TODAY Sports and Jeff Bottari/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports
The highly anticipated bout between lightweight stars Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier is finally set for UFC 281 at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
According to Brett Okamoto at ESPN, former Bellator champion Chandler also signed a new multi-fight deal with the promotion.
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Dustin Poirier is a two-time title challenger
Two-time title challenger Dustin Poirier comes from a tough submission loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 last December. Before that, “The Diamond” has back-to-back stoppage-wins over his rival Conor McGregor at UFC 257 and UFC 264. Besides defeating McGregor twice, his most notable wins came against Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway.
Michael Chandler last fought at UFC 274 in May when he knocked out Tony Ferguson with a crazy head kick. The former Bellator champion made his UFC debut in January 2021 with a first-round KO against Dan Hooker. Since then he fought the very elite of the lightweight division in Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira, Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson.
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Updated UFC 281 line-up
- Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira
- Carla Esparza vs. Zhang Weili
- Michael Chandler vs. Dustin Poirier
- Erin Blanchfield vs. Molly McCann
- Dominick Reyes vs. Ryan Spann
- Seungwoo Choi vs. Michael Trizano
- Silvana Gomez Juarez vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
- Renato Moicano vs. Brad Riddell
- Ottman Azaitar vs. Matt Frevola
- Dan Hooker vs. Claudio Puelles
- Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Carlos Ulberg
- Andre Petroski vs. Wellington Turman
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