UFC 264: ‘Poirier vs McGregor 3’ | 6th Round Post-Fight Show

Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado, are here tonight – Sat, July 10th, to breakdown the UFC 264: Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor 3 PPV event, which was broadcast from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The guys will have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event.

The UFC showcased the big trilogy fight tonight! It was predicted to be an all out battle for bragging rights between fight veterans Dustin Poirier & Conor McGregor in the main event and Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson in the co-main event.

Returning to the octagon for that main event, we had Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier, entering the bout with a remarkable 27-6 record. The former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion, was currently ranked #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings and #6 in the UFC men’s pound-for-pound rankings, with the most knockouts in UFC Lightweight History at 8 tonight. Poirier was banging it out in this lightweight tilt against ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor – for the third time around. McGregor, the former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight double-champion was currently at #5 in the UFC lightweight rankings and entered the bout with his equally impressive, 22-5 record.

In the co-main event, we had a Welterweight scrap between #4 ranked, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, one of the most accomplished strikers in UFC history, and his opponent, #2 ranked, expert grappler, Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns. Thompson was coming at this on a 2-fight win streak, defeating Geoff Neal & Vicente Luque, with a current 16-4 record, Meanwhile, Burns was coming off a loss to Kamaru Usman, with an impressive 19-4 record.

Also on the card, we had a Heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa & Greg Hardy, a Bantamweight bout between Irene Aldana & Yana Kunitskaya, preceded by a battle between Bantamweights ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley & Kris Moutinho in the main card opener.

Our featured prelim was between Welterweights Max ‘Pain’ Griffin & Carlos ‘The Natural Bork Killer’ Condit, as part of our extensive 8-bout undercard. What a wild night full of fights we have to share with you!

Overall, this 13-bout card saw 5 1st Rd finishes, 6 KO/TKO’s – 1 stoppage-our main event, 1 sub, & 5 decisions. 1 split.. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Tuivasa & Du Plessis, as well as Aldana; FOTN honors went to O'Malley vs. Moutinho.

Here’s a look at the fight card & current fight records —

UFC 264: ‘POIRIER VS MCGREGOR 3’
ESPN+ MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. JULY 10
12. Dustin Poirier (28-6) DEF. Conor McGregor (22-6) – KO/TKO, 1st Rd Dr. Stoppage - Broken Ankle

11. Gilbert Burns (20-4) vs. Stephen Thompson (16-4) – DEC, Unanimous

10. Tai Tuivasa (13-3) DEF. Greg Hardy (7-4) – KO/TKO, Counter Hook to G&P at 1:07 of Rd 1

9. Irene Aldana (13-6) DEF. Yana Kunitskaya (14-6) – KO/TKO, G&P at 4:35 of Rd 1

8. Sean O’Malley (14-1) DEF. Kris Moutinho (9-5) – KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 4:33 of Rd 3, Total 14:33

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS
7. Max Griffin (18-8) DEF. Carlos Condit (32-14) – DEC, Unanimous

6. Michel Pereira (26-11) DEF. Niko Price (14-5) – DEC, Unanimous

5. Ilia Topuria (11-0) DEF. Ryan Hall (8-2) – KO/TKO, G&P at 4:47 of Rd 1

4. Dricus Du Plessis (16-2) DEF. Trevin Giles (14-3) – KO/TKO, Right Cross to G&P at 1:41 of Rd 2, Total 6:41

UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS
3. Jennifer Maia (19-7) DEF. Jessica Eye (15-10) – DEC, Unanimous

2. Brad Tavares (19-6) DEF. Omari Akhmedov (21-6) – DEC, SPLIT

1. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-5) DEF. Jerome Rivera (10-6) – SUB, Standing Guillotine Choke at 2:02 of Rd 1

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