Speaker 11: (47:48)
Conor, right here. A lot was made, coming into this fight, of the sheer size of Dustin. A lot of people said he was cutting down from 180 to 155. Did you feel the strength or size of him in there?
Conor McGregor: (48:00)
No. I was way stronger in the clenching. And I turned hm against the fence, I had him pinned. And we both had to make one… Well, I made 155, they made 156. But no, he just fought a good fight, an experienced fight. He’s been in here a lot, almost more than double the amount of time I’ve been in here, in the cage. And that’s it, it’s a hard… You keep showing up, you’ll get there. And like I said, I’m very happy for Dustin and his wife, and the things that they’ve been doing. I’m proud and honored, like I said before, proud and honored to share the octagon with him and we all want a piece.
Speaker 11: (48:40)
I don’t want to sour your mood, but Habib has responded to your loss on Twitter. He says, this is what he wrote. He goes, “This is what happened when you changed your team, leaving the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids far away from reality.” Do you have a response to that at all?
Conor McGregor: (48:56)
My team has been the team since day one, I’ve not changed anything. It is what it is. Respect the athletes, and that’s the character of the man, for sure, behind the mask. And whatever, what’s he want to do? Does he want to come back or no? Because he’s not throwing to no leg kicks, you know what I mean? I got up off the ground against Dustin, I turned Dustin. You know what I mean? Look at little pockets of that sequence where he fights. Like I said, styles make fights.
(49:27)
Every fight is a different fight. That’s why all this prestige and all that people try and hold on to. I don’t hold on to that. Whether someone has multiple wins or multiple losses. Every fight between every man is different and that’s it. Dustin’s style just played into it today and he has the durability, he has experience and he has that leg kick now in his arsenal and I’ll adjust and keep going. But if he wants to have his disrespectful comments, come back and let’s go again, my man. You know what I mean? I’m here for that.
Speaker 11: (50:00)Yeah. Dana did say it’s-
Conor McGregor: (50:02)That’s fighting talk. So if you’re coming back, come back. You try and do it. So that’s that.
Speaker 12: (50:12)
One of the main comments right now on social media from all the fans is, “Even legends can lose.” How do you feel to have such an amazing fan base that supports you until the end?
Conor McGregor: (50:23)
I’m very, very grateful for the support I receive. It’s got me up off the floor many times throughout my competitive life and me personal life. And that’s what I said, I’m proud and honored to come here before you and put a show on for people of the world. To do this through Christmas, to go the 155, to give it a shot. I done this for the support, for the fans, for the people that support me. And all I can say is I’m sorry I let the side down. And I’m fresh. I’m healthy. There was no trauma blows, there was no… It’s just me leg is like a football. Below me knee is literally like a football, an American football inside me suit pants. It went right up into the hip. (51:13)
In Thailand when they themselves a wax with the oil there, with the stick to strengthen up the shins. I hope now I might be getting that little bit of durability in that muscle now. Like I’m developing the antibodies or something, you know what I mean? If you want to put it like that. So I’ll adjust and keep the head high. It’ll be a rough few days and that, but I’m going to go back and enjoy me kids, have fun. It’s morning here, I’m going to still do me thing, have me Proper Irish coffee, have me [inaudible 00:51:47] go back to the yacht. We have a child on the way this summer. There’s a lot of good in my life, and I’ll be smiling and I’ll be happy and that’s it.
Speaker 13: (51:58)
Hey Conor, a wise man once said, “He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.” And although we didn’t get to see the masterpiece that you intended on creating tonight, we got to see a sensational display of heart, charisma and pride all week. I feel that the people that will take the most away from this will be your children. Leading by example in defeat. And if that’s not a masterclass, I don’t know what is. Do you agree?
Conor McGregor: (52:24)
Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. You’ve been great all week and now you’re bringing things back to make me well up.
Speaker 13: (52:29)Thank you.
Conor McGregor: (52:31)
I’m very happy to have me kids here and me family with me, side by side. And I am who I am at this time, you know what I mean? I’m a different man for sure. And the competitive fire is still in me. And like I said, I will regroup and adjust and come back. I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again.
Speaker 13: (52:50)Thank you, my friend.
Interviewer 3: (52:52)
Conor, here. We know that you are the type of fighter that always liked to engage with the audience, with the fence. How was that experience today? And looking to the future, do you consider fighting the UFC backs with no fence?
Conor McGregor: (53:08)
I thought it was great, it was just like fighting in the prelims. I felt good and that’s it. It felt no different, inside the octagon is inside the octagon, and I just need more time in there. Just to be settled. And then, I just need to make me adjustments and go for it.
Interviewer 3: (53:28)
And after what we saw today with Michael Chandler, I don’t know if you had the opportunity to watch the knockout?
Conor McGregor: (53:35)
I did, yeah. I thought it was a beautiful knockdown. [inaudible 00:53:37] it was a good fight.
Interviewer 3: (53:40)
Dennis said that probably this will be the next title fight. Who do you pick, Chandler or Poirier?
Conor McGregor: (53:48)
I don’t know, man. I don’t know. I don’t know. Don’t just write me off yet. I’ll make me adjustments and keep moving, so anything can happen in this game. And I’ll go back, I’ll get healthy and I’ll re prepare. I’ve built an incredible… I’ve got to a great place in me body, physically. And I’m going to continue to grow on that. You know what I mean? I get the swelling down in the leg and I’ll get back to me training and me cardiovascular work, me strength work, me skills work, and just keep living the martial arts life.
Speaker 14: (54:26)
Conor, can I just… Over this way, sorry. You’ve spoken, there’s so many people talking about you when it’s like Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather, and getting into boxing and all of that kind of stuff. Does something like today make you think, “I want to concentrate on one thing,” or are you still going to be kind of open-minded to do that?
Conor McGregor: (54:45)
Geez, there’s none of them leg kicks in boxing anyway. But look, I always did want to focus on me MMA courier, but I’m also open. I’ll just see what happens. I don’t know what will happen. That Manny fight was happening, it was as good as done. So I don’t know, man. I just want to get in and just get back into a bounce, and especially against that style of fighter, and not take those kicks. Don’t play with those kicks. Although, I don’t know. It’s just a motherfucker to take, man. That’s me mind’s going, so I’m just trying to replay all the sequences. And I haven’t watched the fight back yet. I just had a shower and came here, and I look forward to watching that back.
Speaker 14: (55:37)
How did you feel in that first round, though? Because I thought, just me here, that you’re striking was going really well and stuff. Was it just a case of that first kick where was you was like, “Ah.”
Conor McGregor: (55:46)
It wasn’t just… Yeah, no. It just kept building up, you know what I mean? And then I threw one at him, I was like, “Throw your kicks, man.” I wanted to let him walk… Even when we were in the clench, he got the take down and I got back up and turned him. I was like, “Right, lovely.” Where I’m getting more time in the octagon, that was in my head. I was like, “Lovely now, we got a bit more time in here now.” So I wasn’t in a hurry. And you know me, I come out, “Wha!” And I go over it. So there’s a lot of me head now. I’m not even like, “Oh, maybe I need to go back that way.” I’m just going to be who I am in the moment and take things as they come. And that’s it.
Speaker 14: (56:25)
You say the Pacquiao fight is probably on the back burner now, is that because of the leg, I assume?
Conor McGregor: (56:30)
I don’t know how long. It’s muscle, it’s all muscle. It’s just deep into the muscle and it’s just a complete dead leg right the way up. It’s no bone, no nothing, not a mark on the head. I’m just plain good, man. It’s just [inaudible 00:56:43] instead of a bleeding dead leg. But it is what it is, man. Fair play to him, it was a smart fight. He got the shot, he got me down in the first, man. I should’ve just tied it up in the fucking… When I caught a few of them kicks, I should have laid and just pressed him against the fence and keep beating him in the fence. Hit him with a lovely elbow on the temple that hurt him. Should have just kept mauling him.
Conor McGregor: (57:07)
Generally, I felt well stronger than him, well stronger. So maybe I’ll switch up my game the next time we fight Dustin, and maybe you’ll see a grappling side of me the next time me and Dustin go ahead. I just have to keep going and just be able to go through the disciplines seamlessly, and make the correct decisions in there. And that will only come with time in the octagon. You can do a billion rounds outside, but without time inside the octagon life, it’s a hard thing to do. So I’ve got away with it the last while, but not tonight.
Speaker 14: (57:42)
And lastly from me, I want to talk about the evolution of your character that we’ve seen. You’re very humble and you’ve been very respectful and classy for this whole process. Talk to me, do you think becoming a father has really brought that out of you and that makes you appreciate things like this that much more? You can go to your family after this. That’s why you’re maybe not as upset as what you said?
Conor McGregor: (58:02)
Yeah, but I mean, yeah, of course. But I am upset, I’m upset. I’m sad, but I’m still a contender. I’m happy. And like you said, I’ve got a lot going. It’s not nice going back without the win, you know what I mean? That’s for sure. But life is like that sometimes and we pick ourselves up and keep going.
Speaker 15: (58:23)
Conor, just real quick to your left over here. I know you would have rather had the win, but Dana did say when he was in here that this was one of the two or three highest selling pay-per-views in UFC history. What does that mean to you and say about your drawing power still at this point?
Conor McGregor: (58:38)
Yeah, it’s always good. I tried to come in and give a show all across the board, in the lead up and in the fight week and in the fight itself. Sometimes you come in here and make magic, and sometimes you don’t. And I’m happy with all my records and I’m happy that I got to compete and do it again. It is what it is.
Speaker 15: (58:59)What do you think is a bigger trilogy, Dustin or Diaz?
Conor McGregor: (59:02)
I think they’re both pretty, pretty big. Two south paws as well, which is interesting. Yeah, they’re both there, so see what happens.
Speaker 15: (59:14)Is there one you want more?
Conor McGregor: (59:19)
Yeah, I don’t know. I just want to regroup for a minute, to be honest, you know what I mean? I want to just watch the fight and see where I’m at. Right now, I’d probably say Dustin, obviously. It’s fresh, and that’s it.
Speaker 15: (59:33)Thank you.
Speaker 16: (59:34)
Conor, just one last question here. Over here to your right, just over here. The other day you were saying, “What does the champ champ do? He does it again.” The lightweight title, where do you see yourself in that now? Is that something that you really feel you want to regain before you retire? Or are you comfortable just taking fights you just mentioned?
Conor McGregor: (59:50)
No, I would love to get in and get back on the horse and secure the new belt with the Irish flag on it, for sure. And anything can happen in this business, as long as you stay active, as long as you compete. Things shape around you, you know what I mean? You show up, you reap the rewards and that’s it. That’s what’s happened for Dustin tonight, and it’s what’s happened against me tonight. I’ll keep me on the prize, for sure. All right, thank you guys so much, I appreciate it. Thank you all.
John: (01:00:41)
Dustin, congratulations. Obviously not a title fight, but still a pretty big one, right? Talk about the fear right now and just kind of where this ranks as a career moment for you.
Dustin Poirier: (01:00:50)
It’s definitely up there. Beating Max, getting an interim belt. Knocking out Conor on a pay-per-view main event, it’s up there for sure. I’m happy, man.
John: (01:01:01)
All the discussion kind of coming into this was about your mental check, and it wasn’t going to be a difficult mental battle, versus necessarily just tactics and that sort of things. Was this a tough mental test to get in there that first minute and put all that behind?
Dustin Poirier: (01:01:14)
I wasn’t even thinking about the first fight, honestly. But every fight is a mental tests. This stuff is scary and you have anxiety in the locker room and the week of the fight. More so this one, man. Training camp, all that stuff, it gets blocked out. That’s all noise to me. But this fricking thing, dude, I’m sitting in a hotel for two weeks on Fight Island with nothing to do but think about the fight. But like Conor said, I’ve got a lot of experience in this game. And like I’ve said, I just don’t care anymore what anyone thinks, so it’s whatever.
John: (01:01:46)
You used the wrestling early, which we thought would probably be a big factor, but ended up getting it done on the feet. Was the game plan to use more wrestling, or did you think you’d be able to out strike him?
Dustin Poirier: (01:01:54)
The game plan was to not be heavy on my feet and throw power shots and box early. The game plan was to kick and wrestle and box, to mix it up and make it a mixed martial arts fight. To kick inside, to kick outside. Mike Brown was real big on me throwing calf kicks this fight, really big on it, really wanted me to. And it worked, man. We compromised his leg and he was in a bad position early, just from the repeated leg kicks. Even when he started checking, he wasn’t contacting with the shin. A small rotation more, I would’ve been paying for those kicks. But I was still getting the muscle of his leg, and that part of your leg and muscle is so small and thin that you can’t take many shots there. After the second leg kick, I knew he was hurting.
John: (01:02:38)
He says he wants to regroup and come back. And what do you think, is a trilogy in order somewhere down the line? Do you think it has to happen at some point?
Dustin Poirier: (01:02:44)
I mean, we’re one-and-one for knockouts, right? This is CTE Island, this ain’t Fight Island. We’ll see, I don’t know. I can’t tell the future. But we’re, one-and-one, we both TKO’d at each other, so you probably have to do it again, right?
John: (01:03:00)I like it. Dana was here a little bit earlier, said he spoke to Habib-
Dustin Poirier: (01:03:03)… Right?
Conor, right here. A lot was made, coming into this fight, of the sheer size of Dustin. A lot of people said he was cutting down from 180 to 155. Did you feel the strength or size of him in there?
Conor McGregor: (48:00)
No. I was way stronger in the clenching. And I turned hm against the fence, I had him pinned. And we both had to make one… Well, I made 155, they made 156. But no, he just fought a good fight, an experienced fight. He’s been in here a lot, almost more than double the amount of time I’ve been in here, in the cage. And that’s it, it’s a hard… You keep showing up, you’ll get there. And like I said, I’m very happy for Dustin and his wife, and the things that they’ve been doing. I’m proud and honored, like I said before, proud and honored to share the octagon with him and we all want a piece.
Speaker 11: (48:40)
I don’t want to sour your mood, but Habib has responded to your loss on Twitter. He says, this is what he wrote. He goes, “This is what happened when you changed your team, leaving the sparring partners who made you a champion and sparring with little kids far away from reality.” Do you have a response to that at all?
Conor McGregor: (48:56)
My team has been the team since day one, I’ve not changed anything. It is what it is. Respect the athletes, and that’s the character of the man, for sure, behind the mask. And whatever, what’s he want to do? Does he want to come back or no? Because he’s not throwing to no leg kicks, you know what I mean? I got up off the ground against Dustin, I turned Dustin. You know what I mean? Look at little pockets of that sequence where he fights. Like I said, styles make fights.
(49:27)
Every fight is a different fight. That’s why all this prestige and all that people try and hold on to. I don’t hold on to that. Whether someone has multiple wins or multiple losses. Every fight between every man is different and that’s it. Dustin’s style just played into it today and he has the durability, he has experience and he has that leg kick now in his arsenal and I’ll adjust and keep going. But if he wants to have his disrespectful comments, come back and let’s go again, my man. You know what I mean? I’m here for that.
Speaker 11: (50:00)Yeah. Dana did say it’s-
Conor McGregor: (50:02)That’s fighting talk. So if you’re coming back, come back. You try and do it. So that’s that.
Speaker 12: (50:12)
One of the main comments right now on social media from all the fans is, “Even legends can lose.” How do you feel to have such an amazing fan base that supports you until the end?
Conor McGregor: (50:23)
I’m very, very grateful for the support I receive. It’s got me up off the floor many times throughout my competitive life and me personal life. And that’s what I said, I’m proud and honored to come here before you and put a show on for people of the world. To do this through Christmas, to go the 155, to give it a shot. I done this for the support, for the fans, for the people that support me. And all I can say is I’m sorry I let the side down. And I’m fresh. I’m healthy. There was no trauma blows, there was no… It’s just me leg is like a football. Below me knee is literally like a football, an American football inside me suit pants. It went right up into the hip. (51:13)
In Thailand when they themselves a wax with the oil there, with the stick to strengthen up the shins. I hope now I might be getting that little bit of durability in that muscle now. Like I’m developing the antibodies or something, you know what I mean? If you want to put it like that. So I’ll adjust and keep the head high. It’ll be a rough few days and that, but I’m going to go back and enjoy me kids, have fun. It’s morning here, I’m going to still do me thing, have me Proper Irish coffee, have me [inaudible 00:51:47] go back to the yacht. We have a child on the way this summer. There’s a lot of good in my life, and I’ll be smiling and I’ll be happy and that’s it.
Speaker 13: (51:58)
Hey Conor, a wise man once said, “He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.” And although we didn’t get to see the masterpiece that you intended on creating tonight, we got to see a sensational display of heart, charisma and pride all week. I feel that the people that will take the most away from this will be your children. Leading by example in defeat. And if that’s not a masterclass, I don’t know what is. Do you agree?
Conor McGregor: (52:24)
Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. You’ve been great all week and now you’re bringing things back to make me well up.
Speaker 13: (52:29)Thank you.
Conor McGregor: (52:31)
I’m very happy to have me kids here and me family with me, side by side. And I am who I am at this time, you know what I mean? I’m a different man for sure. And the competitive fire is still in me. And like I said, I will regroup and adjust and come back. I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again.
Speaker 13: (52:50)Thank you, my friend.
Interviewer 3: (52:52)
Conor, here. We know that you are the type of fighter that always liked to engage with the audience, with the fence. How was that experience today? And looking to the future, do you consider fighting the UFC backs with no fence?
Conor McGregor: (53:08)
I thought it was great, it was just like fighting in the prelims. I felt good and that’s it. It felt no different, inside the octagon is inside the octagon, and I just need more time in there. Just to be settled. And then, I just need to make me adjustments and go for it.
Interviewer 3: (53:28)
And after what we saw today with Michael Chandler, I don’t know if you had the opportunity to watch the knockout?
Conor McGregor: (53:35)
I did, yeah. I thought it was a beautiful knockdown. [inaudible 00:53:37] it was a good fight.
Interviewer 3: (53:40)
Dennis said that probably this will be the next title fight. Who do you pick, Chandler or Poirier?
Conor McGregor: (53:48)
I don’t know, man. I don’t know. I don’t know. Don’t just write me off yet. I’ll make me adjustments and keep moving, so anything can happen in this game. And I’ll go back, I’ll get healthy and I’ll re prepare. I’ve built an incredible… I’ve got to a great place in me body, physically. And I’m going to continue to grow on that. You know what I mean? I get the swelling down in the leg and I’ll get back to me training and me cardiovascular work, me strength work, me skills work, and just keep living the martial arts life.
Speaker 14: (54:26)
Conor, can I just… Over this way, sorry. You’ve spoken, there’s so many people talking about you when it’s like Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather, and getting into boxing and all of that kind of stuff. Does something like today make you think, “I want to concentrate on one thing,” or are you still going to be kind of open-minded to do that?
Conor McGregor: (54:45)
Geez, there’s none of them leg kicks in boxing anyway. But look, I always did want to focus on me MMA courier, but I’m also open. I’ll just see what happens. I don’t know what will happen. That Manny fight was happening, it was as good as done. So I don’t know, man. I just want to get in and just get back into a bounce, and especially against that style of fighter, and not take those kicks. Don’t play with those kicks. Although, I don’t know. It’s just a motherfucker to take, man. That’s me mind’s going, so I’m just trying to replay all the sequences. And I haven’t watched the fight back yet. I just had a shower and came here, and I look forward to watching that back.
Speaker 14: (55:37)
How did you feel in that first round, though? Because I thought, just me here, that you’re striking was going really well and stuff. Was it just a case of that first kick where was you was like, “Ah.”
Conor McGregor: (55:46)
It wasn’t just… Yeah, no. It just kept building up, you know what I mean? And then I threw one at him, I was like, “Throw your kicks, man.” I wanted to let him walk… Even when we were in the clench, he got the take down and I got back up and turned him. I was like, “Right, lovely.” Where I’m getting more time in the octagon, that was in my head. I was like, “Lovely now, we got a bit more time in here now.” So I wasn’t in a hurry. And you know me, I come out, “Wha!” And I go over it. So there’s a lot of me head now. I’m not even like, “Oh, maybe I need to go back that way.” I’m just going to be who I am in the moment and take things as they come. And that’s it.
Speaker 14: (56:25)
You say the Pacquiao fight is probably on the back burner now, is that because of the leg, I assume?
Conor McGregor: (56:30)
I don’t know how long. It’s muscle, it’s all muscle. It’s just deep into the muscle and it’s just a complete dead leg right the way up. It’s no bone, no nothing, not a mark on the head. I’m just plain good, man. It’s just [inaudible 00:56:43] instead of a bleeding dead leg. But it is what it is, man. Fair play to him, it was a smart fight. He got the shot, he got me down in the first, man. I should’ve just tied it up in the fucking… When I caught a few of them kicks, I should have laid and just pressed him against the fence and keep beating him in the fence. Hit him with a lovely elbow on the temple that hurt him. Should have just kept mauling him.
Conor McGregor: (57:07)
Generally, I felt well stronger than him, well stronger. So maybe I’ll switch up my game the next time we fight Dustin, and maybe you’ll see a grappling side of me the next time me and Dustin go ahead. I just have to keep going and just be able to go through the disciplines seamlessly, and make the correct decisions in there. And that will only come with time in the octagon. You can do a billion rounds outside, but without time inside the octagon life, it’s a hard thing to do. So I’ve got away with it the last while, but not tonight.
Speaker 14: (57:42)
And lastly from me, I want to talk about the evolution of your character that we’ve seen. You’re very humble and you’ve been very respectful and classy for this whole process. Talk to me, do you think becoming a father has really brought that out of you and that makes you appreciate things like this that much more? You can go to your family after this. That’s why you’re maybe not as upset as what you said?
Conor McGregor: (58:02)
Yeah, but I mean, yeah, of course. But I am upset, I’m upset. I’m sad, but I’m still a contender. I’m happy. And like you said, I’ve got a lot going. It’s not nice going back without the win, you know what I mean? That’s for sure. But life is like that sometimes and we pick ourselves up and keep going.
Speaker 15: (58:23)
Conor, just real quick to your left over here. I know you would have rather had the win, but Dana did say when he was in here that this was one of the two or three highest selling pay-per-views in UFC history. What does that mean to you and say about your drawing power still at this point?
Conor McGregor: (58:38)
Yeah, it’s always good. I tried to come in and give a show all across the board, in the lead up and in the fight week and in the fight itself. Sometimes you come in here and make magic, and sometimes you don’t. And I’m happy with all my records and I’m happy that I got to compete and do it again. It is what it is.
Speaker 15: (58:59)What do you think is a bigger trilogy, Dustin or Diaz?
Conor McGregor: (59:02)
I think they’re both pretty, pretty big. Two south paws as well, which is interesting. Yeah, they’re both there, so see what happens.
Speaker 15: (59:14)Is there one you want more?
Conor McGregor: (59:19)
Yeah, I don’t know. I just want to regroup for a minute, to be honest, you know what I mean? I want to just watch the fight and see where I’m at. Right now, I’d probably say Dustin, obviously. It’s fresh, and that’s it.
Speaker 15: (59:33)Thank you.
Speaker 16: (59:34)
Conor, just one last question here. Over here to your right, just over here. The other day you were saying, “What does the champ champ do? He does it again.” The lightweight title, where do you see yourself in that now? Is that something that you really feel you want to regain before you retire? Or are you comfortable just taking fights you just mentioned?
Conor McGregor: (59:50)
No, I would love to get in and get back on the horse and secure the new belt with the Irish flag on it, for sure. And anything can happen in this business, as long as you stay active, as long as you compete. Things shape around you, you know what I mean? You show up, you reap the rewards and that’s it. That’s what’s happened for Dustin tonight, and it’s what’s happened against me tonight. I’ll keep me on the prize, for sure. All right, thank you guys so much, I appreciate it. Thank you all.
John: (01:00:41)
Dustin, congratulations. Obviously not a title fight, but still a pretty big one, right? Talk about the fear right now and just kind of where this ranks as a career moment for you.
Dustin Poirier: (01:00:50)
It’s definitely up there. Beating Max, getting an interim belt. Knocking out Conor on a pay-per-view main event, it’s up there for sure. I’m happy, man.
John: (01:01:01)
All the discussion kind of coming into this was about your mental check, and it wasn’t going to be a difficult mental battle, versus necessarily just tactics and that sort of things. Was this a tough mental test to get in there that first minute and put all that behind?
Dustin Poirier: (01:01:14)
I wasn’t even thinking about the first fight, honestly. But every fight is a mental tests. This stuff is scary and you have anxiety in the locker room and the week of the fight. More so this one, man. Training camp, all that stuff, it gets blocked out. That’s all noise to me. But this fricking thing, dude, I’m sitting in a hotel for two weeks on Fight Island with nothing to do but think about the fight. But like Conor said, I’ve got a lot of experience in this game. And like I’ve said, I just don’t care anymore what anyone thinks, so it’s whatever.
John: (01:01:46)
You used the wrestling early, which we thought would probably be a big factor, but ended up getting it done on the feet. Was the game plan to use more wrestling, or did you think you’d be able to out strike him?
Dustin Poirier: (01:01:54)
The game plan was to not be heavy on my feet and throw power shots and box early. The game plan was to kick and wrestle and box, to mix it up and make it a mixed martial arts fight. To kick inside, to kick outside. Mike Brown was real big on me throwing calf kicks this fight, really big on it, really wanted me to. And it worked, man. We compromised his leg and he was in a bad position early, just from the repeated leg kicks. Even when he started checking, he wasn’t contacting with the shin. A small rotation more, I would’ve been paying for those kicks. But I was still getting the muscle of his leg, and that part of your leg and muscle is so small and thin that you can’t take many shots there. After the second leg kick, I knew he was hurting.
John: (01:02:38)
He says he wants to regroup and come back. And what do you think, is a trilogy in order somewhere down the line? Do you think it has to happen at some point?
Dustin Poirier: (01:02:44)
I mean, we’re one-and-one for knockouts, right? This is CTE Island, this ain’t Fight Island. We’ll see, I don’t know. I can’t tell the future. But we’re, one-and-one, we both TKO’d at each other, so you probably have to do it again, right?
John: (01:03:00)I like it. Dana was here a little bit earlier, said he spoke to Habib-
Dustin Poirier: (01:03:03)… Right?
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