Dustin Poirier
Poirier can win an undisputed UFC title in his 31st octagon appearances, the most fights in company history. Charles Oliveira holds the current record at 28 appearances.
Poirier is 14-4 (with one no contest) since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in April 2015. Three of those defeats came in some form of a title fight.
Poirier’s 22 victories in UFC competition are tied for fourth-most in company history behind Jim Miller (26), Andrei Arlovski (23) and Donald Cerrone (23).
Poirier’s 15 stoppage victories in UFC competition are tied for fourth-most in company history behind Oliveira (20), Miller (18) and Cerrone (16).
Poirier’s 11 knockout victories in UFC competition are tied for third-most in company history behind Derrick Lewis (15) and Matt Brown (13).
Poirier’s 14 knockdowns landed in UFC competition are tied for fifth-most in company history behind Cerrone (20), Anderson Silva (18), Jeremy Stephens (18) and Edson Barboza (16).
Poirier’s nine knockout victories in UFC lightweight competition are tied with Drew Dober for most in divisional history.
Poirier is the only lightweight in UFC history to land 150 or more significant strikes in three separate fights.
Poirier and Dan Hooker combined for 390 total strikes landed at UFC on ESPN 12, the single-fight record for a UFC lightweight bout.
Poirier is one of six fighters in UFC history to earn two or more submission victories by D’Arce choke. Tony Ferguson, Khamzat Chimaev, Julian Erosa, Vicente Luque and Kevin Holland also accomplished the feat.
Poirier is one of seven fighters in UFC history to receive 14 or more career fight-night bonuses.
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