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Dustin Poirier: “After the second round in the fight with Oliveira, my shoulders were tired”

Former UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier has revealed how grappling wore him out against Charles Oliveira at UFC 269.

“Did I feel like I was about to finish it in the first round? It’s hard to say,” Poirier said in a conversation with The MMA Hour. “I shook him, I got blows. I thought there were four rounds ahead and I would hit hard again and again until I was out. But this did not happen.

I remember my corner telling me that all direct punches land, that you just can’t miss with a left… In the third round, I felt that my shoulders were tired. I wasn’t tired myself, but my shoulders throbbed. Because I’m not used to holding another fighter with my arms for five minutes straight.

Usually I go out after the finish line, I go out to create space. And here I had to keep him in the guard, knock down his posture. Shoulders tired, I remember, before the start of the third round, I just thought about it. It slowed me down, I threw either a sluggish hook or an overhand, he changed levels and pinned me into a hold. I was slower than usual because of my shoulders».

On December 11, Poirier lost to Charles Oliveira via rear naked choke at UFC 269.

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