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UFC welterweight champion Makhachev seems to be at least the same size, if not bigger than, most fighters in his weight class. Makhachev amazingly also had a dominant title reign at lightweight.
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Dustin Poirier, who made a failed lightweight title bid against Makhachev in 2024, recently made a surprising claim. According to Poirier, the UFC keeps a record of every fighter’s weight on fight night. Poirier claims UFC matchmaker Hunter Campbell told him that Makhachev weighed around 190 pounds on fight night for their lightweight matchup. Which means Makhachev allegedly gained around 35 pounds after weighing in at 155 pounds. Meanwhile, Poirier claims he himself weighed only 176 pounds.
He Said, He Said
“Hunter, I was in his office not too long ago,” Poirier said on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. “And they keep record of all the weights on fight night. They don’t release them all but they keep it. And we were talking about the Islam fight, when I fought Islam. And he was telling me his weight, and I was like, ‘That’s insane.’… 192 [pounds] or something, something around there. I was 176.”
However, Makhachev shut down Poirier’s claims. The Dagestani champ claims he has never weighed more than 176 pounds.
“I’ve never weighed more than 80 kg, ever,” Makhachev wrote on Telegram.
Makhachev (28-1) submitted “The Diamond” via a Brabo choke at UFC 302. Poirier (30-10) fought once more, suffering a decision loss against Max Holloway, before hanging up his gloves.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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