Poirier: I’m never going back to featherweight
Dustin Poirier: “I’m never going to go down to 145 again…I don’t see myself ever going up to 170. I should be able to maintain fighting at 155 for the rest of my career.”
After spending most of his career at featherweight, Dustin Poirier has recently moved up to and found success in the lightweight decision. Poirier is happy where he is now is adamant that he’ll never again be in the featherweight division:
“I’m more athletic at this weight and this is much closer to my actual weight. My body is just performing very well. I should have been here, this is the optimal weight class for my body to perform at its max. My power, my speed, everything feels better.”
Regardless of the brutal weight cut he used to endure, Poirier still managed to rocket to the top of the rankings where he routinely sat no more than a fight or two away from a title shot no matter who he faced at 145 pounds.
At 26 years of age, Poirier knew that damaging his body any further by shedding weight was only going to hurt him, so he made the decision to change divisions and it’s been the best decision of his life.
Now he’s ready to make a serious run at the title because he’s no longer fighting himself in the days and weeks leading up to competition before ever facing an opponent inside the Octagon.
“I’m never going to go down to 145 again,” Poirier said. “I don’t see myself ever going up to 170. I should be able to maintain fighting at 155 for the rest of my career. This is the weight I’m going to be at permanently. This is the division I’m going to win the belt at.”