Conor McGregor’s first fight against Dustin Poirier witnessed him unrelentingly attack Poirier with trash talk and insults. Their first fight, which transpired at UFC 178 in September 2014, ended with McGregor besting Poirier via first-round TKO.
On the contrary, Conor McGregor chose to be incredibly respectful in the buildup to his rematch with Poirier. This fight, which transpired at UFC 257 in January 2021, ended with McGregor losing to Poirier via second-round TKO.
Besides, in addition to the UFC 257 rematch against Poirier, Conor McGregor had similarly adopted a respectful approach to his previous fight – his UFC 246 (January 2020) matchup against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone. McGregor defeated Cerrone via first-round TKO.
On an edition of the Real Quick with Mike Swick podcast, former UFC fighter and retired MMA competitor Ben Askren addressed the new version of Conor McGregor. Askren stated:
Furthermore, Ben Askren and Mike Swick reiterated that Conor McGregor’s trash talk was tremendously effective in helping him get under his opponent’s skin.
Ben Askren praised Conor McGregor’s technique but criticized his unpreparedness in dealing with Dustin Poirier’s low kicks
Ben Askren and Mike Swick opined that McGregor seems to have aged considerably between his UFC 246 fight against Cerrone and the UFC 257 fight against Poirier.
Moreover, Ben Askren and Mike Swick praised Conor McGregor’s technique in the UFC 257 fight, particularly his performance in round one. The duo also gave Poirier props and insinuated that McGregor ought to have been better prepared to check Poirier’s low kicks.
Askren and Swick indicated that the MMA world is likely to develop better techniques to check low kicks in the years to come.
Ben Askren is presently set to compete in a professional boxing match against YouTube superstar Jake Paul on April 17th, 2021. Meanwhile, the consensus is that Conor McGregor is likely to fight Dustin Poirier in a trilogy matchup later this year (2021).
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