First thoughts on Dustin Poirier vs Benoit Saint Denis 

There isn't too many things about DP that someone who understands MMA could criticize; but the veteran is getting up there in age. BSD is way too strong & is way too well rounded. He said he's been wrestling seriously only since 2019-20. There is noway Dustin's going to be able to wrestle against BSD.... given BSD's elite Judo. Even elite Greco Roman wrestlers have a tough time against elite Judo, because Judo guys are much more refine with their balancing work. Chandler is an elite/D1 wrestler; but he doesn't have an elite Judo background. Dustin had no problem with Chandler's superior D1 wrestling. On the ground, Dustin is a skilled BJJ guy, too; but I just don't see him outmaneuvering BSD, either, as he did outmaneuver Michael Chandler. I think BSD's one lack feature is that he isn't the fastest or most agile. He just comes at you with intention to hurt. Dustin COULD hurt him with Dustin's elite boxing. But if that doesn't work out in the first two rounds, I see no way for Dustin to win.... again, given his age, where he really is irreversibly exiting his prime, at the most skilled division in all of the UFC.... P.S. watch the BSD-Dos Santos fight. A much bigger, stronger guy in Dos Santos empty his gas tank on beating the crap out of the former French Special Forces guy and he couldn't put him down! Dos Santos had to take a decision win. That's how tough BSD is and he didn't get into pro MMA until 2019 (he fought & lost to Dos Santos 2021).

@@kiabtoomlauj6249i think youre forgetting they are not wearing a gi so yeah judo skills are a good thing hut DP is a blackbelt in bjj and his ground game is very underrated

​@@kiabtoomlauj6249Only elite judoka in the division is Makhachev.Fake Black belts doesn't matter.

Could also just be as simple is Dustin is coming off a loss and St Dennis is coming off a win

That's probably part of it, although I like to think it's moreso people looking at the style match up.@@fattlebieldproductions3198

Same 😆 🤘

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Idk man that fight was pretty damn close

Hilarious is this comment. Justin out lasted him and out classes him at the end but if you don't think Fiziev is even capable of beating Gaethje then you really aren't paying attention. Every scorecard was 29-28 it was very close until the 3rd.

Outwilling Poirier would not be a winning strategy for BSD, just ask Dan Hooker

You don't outwill Poirier, no one does

Oh yes St denis was very hittable against frevola. And poirier wasn't headkick ko ? Poirier get ko, st denis doesn't, even against much bigger guy a weight class up...

@@swann67000 st denis is super hittable he gets hit by a knee to the face in almost every fight

@@someguy7474 don't see that against bonfim, frevola... Bsd want to finnish all his fight, that why he take some risk, unlike other

On a short notice in a higher weight division and Elizeu was juiced, and Elizeu won only by decision and never knocked out BSD...

We see that against frevola

especially with that body kick he likes to spam

no1 wants to see an 300Ibs man who never seen daylight nor a woman talk to dan hardy👍

nobody was talking about you mate xD relax@@beauaIoevv

No. There's a reason that I only watch Dan. Idgaf about listening to people who don't fight talk about fighting. I save that for conversations with my coworkers.

Respectfully disagree

Lol Dan would never do it

Thank you for sounding reasonable. So many Guru fans are obnoxious. He's fine. Not for me.

He might be the least likable AND least knowledgeable of all the youtube mma kids I've ever seen. And there are many.

You’re telling one of the best analysts, former professional and title challenger, to watch the MMA Guru?

@@indiecrust why does that even matter ? Dan hardy was a middle of the pack UFC fighter back in the time when the roaster wasn't that strong, that still is a great achievement btw because many didn't make it that far, it gives Dan a different perspective but doesn't automatically make his opinion more valid. However, the MMA guru's predictions are more accurate than Dan's so he could maybe learn something from the guru even if it's a different perspective.

@@haerverk how can you say he is the least knowledgeable when he predicts outcomes more accurately than Dan hardy. Someone has compiled all of the main analysts predictions for the year and determined how much they would have made betting on their predictions, MMA guru was top of the list, Dan Hardy was unfortunately at the very bottom.

The guy who held interim gold and beat just about everyone not named khabib and Charles is “overrated”. The Conor win just solidified him even more as an elite fighter, you are lacking brain cells if this is the conclusion you came to