Poirier vs Alvarez

Who won Poirier vs Alvarez?

Dustin Poirier beat Eddie Alvarez by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on FOX 30, on Saturday 28th July 2018 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Alvarez stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Eddie Alvarez made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Eddie Alvarez's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Alvarez had an advantage in power over Poirier, with a 59% knock out percentage over Poirier's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Poirier had a slight advantage over Alvarez, with a 30% submission rate over Alvarez's 21%.

Dustin Poirier was the younger man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Poirier had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Poirier was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 5 months later than Alvarez, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 89 to Alvarez's 77.

Poirier vs Alvarez form

Poirier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Justin Gaethje at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Michael Chandler at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Alvarez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Rae Yoon Ok at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dustin Poirier at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

He had won against Justin Gaethje at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dustin Poirier had been fighting more than Eddie Alvarez.

Going to this contest, Dustin Poirier had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 18 days ago, while Eddie Alvarez's last outing had been 4 years, 1 month and 30 days ago.

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Alvarez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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