Poirier vs Miller

Who won Poirier vs Miller?

Dustin Poirier beat Jim Miller by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 208, on Saturday 11th February 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dustin Poirier.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Miller stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jim Miller made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Jim Miller marked his 46th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2008.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Jim Miller's came in at 27-18-0.

The stats suggested Poirier had a massive power advantage over Miller, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Miller's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miller had an advantage over Poirier, with a 50% submission rate over Poirier's 30%.

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

Poirier had a height advantage of 1 inch over Miller. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Poirier was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 5 months later than Miller, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 37 less professional rounds, 89 to Miller's 126.

Poirier vs Miller 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 lost to 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Miller's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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