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Dustin Poirier Feeling Sore But Good After UFC Fight Night 120 Win

November 20, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

– Dustin Poirier spoke in a new interview about his win over Anthony Pettis at UFC Fight Night 120. You can see highlights below, per MMAjunkie:

On how he’s feeling after the fight: “My neck is a little sore from getting out of that last triangle. He locked in a tight triangle. The tightest one of them all was maybe (with) 20 or 30 seconds left in the second round. There’s a pass I do to get out of the triangle and I throw my head toward the lock and kind of sprawl over the body and circle my feet around. And when I did that, the triangle was so tight that my neck got put in a crazy position and it popped.”

On getting booed after the ref called for a timeout: “All those people who were upset probably live in Milwaukee or have an Anthony Pettis T-shirt.”

On surviving Pettis’ ground game: “I used to have more of a pure jiu-jitsu style, but since I’ve been at American Top Team, Mike Brown has helped me round out my grappling for MMA so much more. I’m more of a top guy now. I give up less positions chasing submissions, and he’s a guy who’s really dedicated and spent a lot of time perfecting the things I was doing wrong, and still to this day, (he’s) tightening up a lot of things. He’s an amazing coach and an amazing guy to have (in my corner).”

On Pettis’ performance: “You know, (Pettis) is a vet. He’s been fighting a long time and fighting the best of the best, so I didn’t expect anything less from him.”