Dustin Poirier vs Benoit Saint Denis | Dan Hardy Breakdown, The War Room Episode  

This is such a scary fight for Dustin. The dude has balls of steel, and I love him for it.

S/o to Dan Hardy best mma analyst second to none

Wouldnt be a fight week without a Dan Hardy breakdown

Love watching Dustin's in the pocket flurries, they never get old.

Dan's analysis is so in depth that he could be spot on or completely wrong. I could only imagine how much he overanalyzed his fights while in them.

St Denis said he STARTED MMA around the time Dustin fought Khabib. Crazy

I have to say, this channel has the most technical breakdowns on RU-vid. Mentions all the little details.

best mma show on the platform. proper uk legend dan! much respect

Well, pretty much predicted how the fight panned out. (Great Breakdown)

bro you predict these fights so well so often its insane

You are the best at these technical descriptions of fighters. Thank you.

I always look forward to the War Room breakdowns. Dan is the man!

I enjoy Dan's breakdown as much as I enjoy the fights.

DP is gonna box his head off starting at the end of the 2nd.

Hey Dan you're the man! Thanks for the thoughtful content as always 🙏

You're the man Dan!!! Thanks for the great content as always my friend! Wish you were still on the commentator's booth. Miss your commentating man. I enjoy when you're doing it for other promotions still at least. Can't wait for the fights coming up this weekend. Cheers from Pennsylvania Steve

Been waiting for this one big dawg

I was lookging forward to hearing you analyse this fight!

Once again, excellent breakdown. I could see BSD shooting and Dustin catching him in a guillotine.

Thanks for the detailed and professional breakdown 👏

Dustin will always be the undisputed violenceweight champion. *Never* a dull fight

Love the insight on how you read fights Dan -- really interesting.

The only thing better than Dan's analysis, is he's choice in music!

Dan's breakdowns age like a fine wine.

This will be a war and I have Dustin every time in a war.

Man I love watching Poirier fight, this will be awesome

Dustin to wait out the storm and get a late finish 🫰🏼💎

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I'm tired of so many great fighters being at the end of their careers cause they've all gone last 35 or 36 years old, makes me so sad.

I refreshed YT & this was the first thing I saw 🔥👍

thanks for a shorter breakdown!!

Should be the main event fight headliner. I hope Dustin works quick and brings back his magic. BSD is obviously a beast! Let's go DP!

I can listen to Dan talking about MMA all day. Best analyst in the game

I respect your analysis, but I respect your Clutch shirt even more 🤘

Babe! Babe! Dan's WarRoom is on!! ( Babe: "Your a dork" )

Will there ever be dan hardy striking intructionals for purchase/download? I would be ecstatic

Never thought I’d hear a reference to masters football in an MMA show. Bring it back I say, I remember going to watch the midlands masters in Birmingham when I was younger, banging goals every time!

You’re a legend, Dan

Friendly reminder that the GOAT GSP lost that fight to Dan Hardy's iron will. I remember it well because I was cheering for G, and yet, I knew like we all knew and it made me a fan of Dan.

Thanks Dan!

The best. Who needs any other breakdowns?

4:00 cross guard is incredibly useful in situations like catching kicks in smaller gloves which is why is not used in boxing. Less say big George’s second career. But Archie Moore used it well. You seemed confused why Dustin doesn’t get leg kicks… there ya go. They get caught bc his guard. He has to cross guard bc he’s so square and takes legs kicks otherwise. It proves the worthiness of the cross guard for him objectively. Besides, the Philly shell is just a variant of cross guard. Boxing loves cross guard evolution.

That’s a great Clutch shirt Dan Hardy!

Dustin is a legend. To even take this freaking fight makes his legend grow. Scared for him to be honest. If DP keeps the middle I like him to win. If he gets his back against the cage he’s toast. Has Benoit ever faced a southpaw would be my question. If not it’s different fighting a skilled Left like DP. The body kick won’t be there for him. DP needs to kick that calf 5 times and he’s gold

If BSD wants to stand and fight he loses. If BSD makes up his mind to grapple and ground and pound he wins. The thing about the UFC fighters is you can't make money betting them assuming that guys who have a clear path on the ground will do it if they can also think they can stand and bang. There's that monetary incentive to throw hands (the most clear example is Gaethje but you also see it in guys like Gilbert Burns) that most guys will not override. You can't trust it until a guy has shown he will commit to it.

Great analysis. Thank you. Dustin is a legend and as a french fan of BSD, i really love Dustin as a fighter and human being. I would suggest 5 points to take into account to know more about BSD : First, YES the only BSD loss was against Dos Santos. It was in middle weight where BSD was 8 kg below Dos Santos because this is not his natural weight. It was a short notice fight to enter the UFC outside of his weight division to get the contract signed. More over, Dos Santos has been tested positive 3 months after that fight. In every normal country, this fight would have been reclassified in a no contest but as the fight was in Abu Dhabi the rule is not applied by this country. So no loss of BSD in the light weight division and all wins by Ko or submission. Second point, Special forces he was and special forces come. One point to had in this 5 round matchup against Poirier. A five rounds fight should not be a problem for BSD , as you need to be a cardio machine to get into special forces. As a former parachutist, i saw the commando tests in Pau. In one of the first steps of the selections, you need to run 30km in less than 4 hours with a backpack (11kg), army boots (1 kg each), your shotgun (around 5kg), water...Very tough and selective test. Most of the guy did not finish eaten by Lactic acid and exhausted. So i am confident on his cardio. This is also the reason why when you look at his fights he puts pressure the entire fight and finished all lightweight fights. He is confident about his cardio, knows it very well because he has already push it to the limits in special forces. Third, i don't think that there is such a gap between top 5 to 12 fighters and historical top 5 fighters in the lightweight division, the reason is simple, top 5 are AMINLY fighting between each other within money fights since years. So the chance of top5 to top12 fighters to enter the game has been very rare. So we don't know right now if the gap is that big and it could be the opposite. Top 5 are now older fighters and the new generation may come to renew the lightweight division. This is something that Dana White has probably identified as a weakness in the division and he must now renew the blood with a new squad in the lightweight division. Fourth, BSD at 70 kg enters the cage at 82kg the day of the match-up. So he is big and powerfull for the division. Last and not the least : Daniel Voirin, BSD's headcoach, has been in the game for a long time (Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, Tarek Safiedine,...) and he is a muay thai coach specialist. BSD will start the fight with a special Daniel's fight plan. Very excited to see how BSD will deliver this strategy approach into the first mn of the fight. Daniel's game plans are always very pertinent and accurate. Please see BSD vs Bonfim fight (Game plan : kill his arm with 10 middle kicks), against Frevola (you see in videos before the fight) that the head kick out of grappling has been worked a lot... So let's see what Daniel will propose this time...

No French frog is gonna beat an old alley cat like DP

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Dan with the Clutch shirt. Yeah he knows who’s driving…

Clutch - nice

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This is an exciting fight

DAN THE MAN HARDY!!!! I got Dustin Poirier by 4th round TKO! I think he’ll get tested hard early in the first round and second. Then I think he’s going to come on strong in the third. His leg kicks, boxing, body kicks will cripple Benoit after he dumps his energy into an early finish. That’s my opinion tho

I guarantee all coaches involved are watching this, Dan is the man, best in the game!

Love what you're doing but I really wanted to see the Outlaw in the octagon again.. I'm a fellow mohawker

translation - Benoit will smash Poirer easily and the only way DP can win is if Benoit is ill and gets super tired from sickness and somehow faints in octagon

Grandmaster Hardy, you are still the best at this, sir.

Clutch 🤘

I think, Dustin will dominate Benoit, and finish him too!

Thor-the-mountain vs Ngannou-the-predator for the PFL 265+ belt. Co-main event: Renan Fereira vs Vadim Nemkov for the PFL 265 belt.

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Love it hatdy !!!! ....period !!😊

Whenever it’s pretty vs gritty I have to go with gritty. Would love for dustin to prove me wrong this time and pull it off but just feels like the old changing of the guard scenario. Such is the nature of the sport. Good luck to both fighters. Ps I’m still waiting for a “what if” series/video (obviously it’s not the most relevant topic but lots of fans like to discuss the what ifs so it’s semi relevant especially on those slow news days!) All the best Dan.

MVP vs Holand, breakdown that please!

Perfect fight for DP. Versus inexperienced at elite level, but dangerous hyped fighter, who comes forward and strikes with his chin up.

I feel Olivera took it hard to DP’s body and that set him up for victory. If Benoit can drive some hard shots to the body early on it make help set him up for success. I’m a fan of both… this is gonna be a battle of will

Dustin boxing is so damn crispy. BSD is a fucking animal, but if anyone can tame the beast it is Dustin's boxing

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Dan I know you’ve probably already done hours on Dustin Poirier but these WarRooms are getting shorter 😢. I miss you’re Dan Hardy Breakdowns with replays and annotations 🤩

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Dan hardy the god of breakdows

A huge stat that people tend to glance over is age. As we are seeing now, the age of 35 is the age of decline. I truly hope Dustin can win but he got knocked out in his last fight and that was the first time he's been knocked out. It just happened to Volk at the ripe age of 35 when he also previously got knocked out by Islam when he was 34. Dustin was also 34 when getting knocked out by Justin and the chances of him getting knocked out again are pretty high. I hope he pulls this one out but the age thing is a true indicator of decline especially when fighting against really good young fighters.

DP fights are a treasure. I think St. Denis has the means to do him though. Gonna be a great fight.

I'd love to see more fighters crowd the punches and use elbows, tai clinch, etc instead of backing out square with their chins out

DP💎

I’m with you on the wish list of seeing prime Nate vs prime Poirier, the deep water fighters are an interesting bunch

Came back to say u were right again

Dan I was waiting for this one!! I got BDS winning a scrappy war

Even though Guru, has completely taken over this space, as the top analyst, I still appreciate Dan’s efforts.

This could be an early stoppage for BSD or it could look like the Porior Hooker fight.

Im so nervous. Dustin is my all time favorite fighter. I hate when he fights, I almost cant even enjoy it because im so nervous

real analysis right there not some fake chael sonnen cope

I think Saint-Denis 1 loss was 29-26 decision even after the judge took a point away from his opponent for low blow.

I think Dustin needs the fight. I'm tired of him doing the same people and never jumping around rank. Look at what Sean Strickland did and how much respect he got from fighting lower ranked fighters.

Dustin is going to dismantle BSD as the rounds go on but I could be totally wrong, of course.

Is he not doing these breakdowns on bt anymore.?

Next pfl breakdown?

How many more fights would porrier would have won if he just left his shorts alone 🤔🤔

Dustin got this. He’s a dog that I won’t ever bet against.

What was Dustin’s Management thinking?

I wonder if Dustin ever thought he'd be compared to a pair of old slippers 😂

Poirier was like I'm only taking star fights. Next fight: no12 ranked killer...

Bsd is gonna get his other eye knocked loose

This loss probably DP’s last fight.

A new pair of slippers.. imagine the smirk on Veronica's face if she'd had been on the other side of the table

Benoît has one the best mean mugs. Not over the top

Poirier has much more to lose in taking this fight than BSD

BSD in a UD

As long as its a good fight I'm cool with either guy winning lol.

Roster. UFC.