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Islam Makhachev Wanted to Beat Dustin Poirier Standing In a brand-new interview with CBS Sports' Shakiel Mahjouri, Islam Makhachev exposed that Khabib Nurmagomedov's cornering avoided him from stopping Dustin Poirier by means of strikes. "If he let me strike more because last battle, I can knock him out, knock out Dustin," Makhachev stated. "I go like one-two, one-two-three, and after that, 'Take him down, take him down,' however he select the simple method, you understand, since the weak point from Dustin everyone understand, his fumbling. The last battle he protect really well. That's why I utilize my striking more." It'll be intriguing to see if Makhachev uses his striking once again for his next title defense. He will be going individually with Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch to heading ...

Cejudo anticipates Makhachev/Edwards "Islam Makhachev is a various wrestler. He's really disciplined. His actions speak louder than his words," Cejudo stated. "Colby Covington began to draw out the fumbling too late. The easy reality is, the efforts he did have when he in fact went for broke and really went to take him down, he quickly got the takedowns. "This is where I feel a guy like Islam is going to expose him. He (Edwards) does battle everyone the exact same. We saw with guys like Israel Adesanya ... guys that are practically one-dimensional," Cejudo stated. "The guys who are the hardest guys to combat are the guys that have other weapons aside from simply striking ... I'm gon na need to offer (the edge) to the one and just, the Dagestani headache, Islam Makhachev. I simply seem lik...

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Islam Makhachev believes Khabib Nurmagomedov avoided him from knocking Dustin Poirier out

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