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Main card
Lightweight: Michael Johnson def. Dustin Poirier via knockout (punches) 1:35, R1
Middleweight: Derek Brunson def. Uriah Hall via TKO (punches) 1:41, R1
Lightweight: Evan Dunham def. Rick Glenn via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight: Roan Carneiro def. Kenny Robertson via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 28-29)
Lightweight: Islam Makhachev def. Chris Wade via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight: Chas Skelly def. Maximo Blanco via technical submission (d’arce choke) 0:19, R1
Prelims
Featherweight: Gabriel Benitez def. Sam Sicilia via technical submission (guillotine choke) 1:07, R2
Welterweight: Belal Muhammad def. Augusto Montano via TKO (punches) 4:19, R3
Middleweight: Antonio Carlos Junior def. Leonardo Augusto Guimaraes via submission (rear-naked choke) 4:46, R3
Bantamweight: Jose Alberto Quinonez def. Joey Gomez via unanimous decision (28-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Early prelims
Welterweight: Randy Brown def. Erick Montano via submission (anaconda choke) 0:18, R3
Bantamweight: Alejandro Perez and Albert Morales fought to a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)
No.7 Dustin Poirier will be looking to move one step closer to a title shot when he faces off against No.10 Michael Johnson. Join The Roar from 12pm AEST for live coverage and round-by-round updates.
Since his loss to featherweight champion Conor McGregor back in 2014, Dustin Poirier has been on fire.
Making the move up to lightweight, Poirier is riding a four-fight win streak, with three of this wins coming via first-round knockouts.
One his big wins came over Joe Duffy – who was the last person to defeat Conor McGregor before Nate Diaz. In his last bout however, Poirier proved how dangerous of a striker he really was by knocking out Bobby Green at UFC 199.
Coming off two losses in a row, Michael Johnson knows that it’s do-or-die time if he wishes to stay in title contention.
Johnson picked up an impressive four-fight win streak over Joe Lauzon, Gleison Tibau, Melvin Guillard and Edson Barboza, before falling short against Beneil Dariush in a highly-controversial split decision.
In his last bout he earned ‘fight of the night’ honours, however once again fell short in a decision loss against Nate Diaz.
Prediction
Both men have plenty to fight for, and have proven to be durable. In a five-round fight, it could come down to who has more stamina. Poirier has seen the ‘championship rounds’ but Johnson has not, and that could make the real difference.
Dustin Poirier to defeat Michael Johnson via TKO in round four
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