A re-cap of the UFC 264 Main Event: Conor McGregor v's Dustin Poirier aka "The Snap heard round the world"

          Yikes, this is not the ending to the trilogy that any of us asked for or wanted but.....is this the ending to the trilogy between Dustin and Conor? I may be in the minority but I for one fully hope so....now let's get down to it and re-cap.......


          I'm gonna be honest, I saw Dustin winning this fight again but certainly not like this. Let's start from the build up, Conor's trash talk certainly hit close to a new low(making fun of Khabib's religion was #1 for me). Conor said things like "He's gonna leave in a coffin", "I'm gonna kill him" and "Your wife is in my DM's". Now I've always been a huge fan of the shit talking but when you bring someone's family into it? Gotta draw the line somewhere. The shit hit the fan a few months back when Dustin called out Conor for not following through with this promise on donating $500K to Dustin's "The Good Fight" charity organization. Since then it's been endless shit talk, mostly from Conor. Let's also be honest with each other, Poirier's wife most likely DM'd him just to call him a piece of shit and most definitely not to fuck him. Let's get to the fight, Conor started off pretty well on the feet, bouncing, good head movement.....then came the takedown. In classic Conor fashion he made a huge mistake on defending the takedown. Conor decided to go for a guillotine choke, which for the common MMA fan? You know that's not Conor's style. DC said it best on the broadcast that he should have just defended the takedown rather than try to choke out Dustin. Dustin decided he was gonna keep Conor on the ground and just reign hell down on him with elbows and fists. Then, it happened.....Conor stands up and *BANG* snaps his leg, fight ends in a TKO/Doctor Stoppage. I'm sorry but I firmly believe no matter how it ended it was going to end in Poirier having his hand raised. Two out of three judges gave Dustin a 10-8 for the first round. I saw this fight continuing to go the same exact way. Dustin dominated in my opinion in the first round, Dustin could have beaten Conor on the feet or finished him on the ground and it was just a matter of time.
          Now, the question is what's next for both of these fighters? With Poirier that's easy....he's going to get the next crack at the Lightweight title holder Charles Oliveria. Poirier has won 7 out of 8 fights with his only loss coming to unbeaten legend Khabib. Poirier v's Oliveria will be a nice change of pace when they decided to fight, just two of the nicer guys in the UFC, no animosity, no hate, no distain, just two dudes who want the same thing and that thing is the UFC strap. These two are both in my opinion absolute legends of the game, both took the long and hard traveled road to the title picture and both have earned every inch of respect they've gotten
          To be honest, I'm not sure what's next for McGregor. I'd guess he's going to be out until at least January-February. I honestly don't think Conor should be fighting these elite guys anymore because he's startling to lose touch with reality. I think a matchup between him and Tony Ferguson who also seems to be a shell of his former self would be a good matchup to make. But let's get this straight, when Conor comes back and if Poirier is the champ? Dana White will most certainly make that fight and it's alllll about the money. Does Conor deserve a re-match? Probably not, but what Conor wants? Conor gets.