Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier 12/11/21 - UFC 269 Picks & Predictions
The lightweight title fight here will have Poirier taking on Oliveira. This is going to be a great fight, but the fact that the non-champion is coming here as the favorite could be a start of a telling stat. Still it will be a great fight here from the opening bell.
Charles Oliveira is coming to the fight here standing at 5’10” and 155 pounds with a 74 inch reach. Coming into the fight Dustin Poirier is coming in standing at 5’9” and 156 pounds, but has a 72 inch reach.
Charles is coming to the fight here with an orthodox stance. The fighting style that he uses is the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In his last 5 bouts they have all been wins. 3 of the wins have been by KO/TKO, a unanimous decision win, and a submission win.
Poirier is coming in as a southpaw in the fight here. However, Poirier is coming in using Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well. The last 5 fights have been 4-1 with 2 wins over McGregor by a KO/TKO. Two unanimous decision wins, but also a loss that was by a submission.
The fight here will definitely be a good one. However, the fact that Poirier has been able to take down McGregor in his last 2 fights combined with his better striking ability and it will be very easy to see why Poirier is so heavily favored, but also see how his fighting style is going to make it easier to pick up the win in this fight here. UFC 269 Winner Prediction, Dustin Poirier.
