Dustin Poirier only had to point at the scoreboard to win his latest dispute.

It’s no secret that Poirier and fellow lightweight contender Michael Chandler have long disliked each other, with their feud culminating at UFC 281 in November 2022 when Poirier defeated Chandler by second-round submission in a “Fight of the Night”-winning duel.

Despite the respect was shown in the cage that night, there’s still plenty of animosity between Poirier and Chandler, and Chandler used a word association segment with ESPN to take a shot at “The Diamond.”

Watch the clip below, in which Chandler called Poirier “salty.”

It didn’t take Poirier long to respond and he didn’t have to say much, simply posting the finish from their fight on Instagram Stories (h/t Championship Rounds):

Chandler has other fish to fry this Saturday as he takes on another past opponent in Charles Oliveira in the co-main event of UFC 309 in New York. Let’s hope Chandler is recovered from Poirier’s burn by the time fight night rolls around.

TOP STORIES

Redemption. Eryk Anders reflects on how beating a drug habit changed his life—and what could have been.

Trial. Conor McGregor testifies in a civil suit stemming from a 2018 sexual assault allegation.

Laughable. Stipe Miocic doesn’t know what’s up with Jon Jones ahead of their UFC 309 main event fight.

Truth. Tom Aspinall knows whoever wins between Jones and Miocic won’t be the “undisputed” anything.

VIDEO STEW

Jones.

Miocic.

Oliveira.

Nickal.

And the rest.

Tyson and Paul face off.

Embedded.

Break it down.

FLAVOR IN YOUR EAR

No Bets Barred. Jed Meshew brings you the wildest wagers for Paul vs. Tyson and UFC 309.

SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE

*chuckle*

Ngannou and Reug Reug.

FORTY. FIVE.

NERRRRRRRRD.

FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS

David Onama (12-2) vs. Roberto Romero (8-3-1); UFC 309, Nov. 16

FINAL THOUGHTS

The top-2 fights at UFC 309 are intriguing, but as far as narratives go they have zero juice. Jones has spent 90 percent of his media time being asked about Tom Aspinall, not Stipe Miocic, and Michael Chandler’s rematch with Charles Oliveira came out of nowhere.

That’s not to say these fights won’t deliver because they definitely could. It’s just that the lack of enthusiasm surrounding the final UFC pay-per-view of 2024 is understandable.

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Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re switching to a system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way, you can catch up if you miss a day.

Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game!

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2. Share your result in the comments and on social media
3. Provide feedback (Google Form or in comments below)

Today’s UFC in-5 game

Wednesday’s UFC in-5 game

Tuesday’s UFC in-5 game

Monday’s UFC in-5 game

The goal of the game is to guess the correct random UFC fighter player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED FIGHTERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. It will be a mix of well-known players and some “that guys” that we haven’t thought of in some time. The game will appear in slot #3 of the MMA Fighting layout each morning, with occasional movement later in the day.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media.

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The Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight is almost here.

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul meet in the ring Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in a showdown that could be the most-watched fight in boxing history.

The main card of the Tyson vs. Paul event will be televised on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET. It will have three fights before Tyson vs. Paul:

Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 2 rematch (10 rounds)

Mario Barrios vs. Abel Ramos (12 rounds)

Neeraj Goyat vs. Whindersson Nunes (6 rounds)

The Tyson vs. Paul main event walkout will likely not happen until 11:30 p.m.-12 a.m. ET due to the length of the previous fights.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (50-6, 2 NC) hasn’t fought since an exhibition draw with legend Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28, 2020. The 58-year-old hasn’t had a professional fight in almost 20 years when he quit at the end of the sixth round against Kevin McBride on June 11, 2005.

Jake Paul (10-1) is coming off a sixth-round knockout win of BKFC star Mike Perry on July 20, 2024. He has won four fights in a row.

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A standout from CJI is going from beating Luke Rockhold to a blue belt jiu-jitsu tournament.

Pat Downey, a champion wrestler that transitioned to Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), has almost exclusively faced big names in his grappling career. That’s about to change though, as his next jiu-jitsu tournament is already lined up.

Downey is going from facing black belt superstars like Nick Rodriguez, Gordon Ryan and Luke Rockhold, to random blue belts and hobbyists next.

Pat Downey Goes From Beating Luke Rockhold in CJI to IBJJF Blue Belts

As the US Open wrestling champion announced, he has signed up to compete at the 2024 IBJJF No Gi World Championships this December.

“I am upgrading,” Downey wrote as he goes from one stripe white belt after dominating Rockhold, to now competing at a colored belt division. “Best blue belt on (earth)!”

To calm a collective amount of older blue belt hobbyists and dads that were planning on flying to Las Vegas, Downey said he won’t be competing at the Masters division (age 30 and up).

“(I’m joining) Adult blue belt division. I’m not here to hurt old men like Jake Paul does lmfao,” the 32-year-old Downey wrote.

Many people naturally still criticized him for “sandbagging” and taking on beginners, but Downey has since defended his entry.

“Ed Ruth, one of the best NCAA wrestler EVER lost at this tournament multiple times as blue belt stfu,” Downey commented in response.

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IBJJF has outdated rules on belts and competitions

While the criticisms are valid, IBJJF is also partly to blame for situations like this. Even with Downey’s wrestling accolades and experience as a professional grappler, blue belt is the highest division he can compete in for IBJJF events.

The long running BJJ institution has a rule that grapplers need to spend a minimum time as a blue belt before they can compete at purple belt. Winning blue belt world championships like this one, would allow Downey to bypass that rule and compete as a purple belt earlier.

Downey of course wouldn’t be immune to sandbagging criticisms at purple belt either. So if he really just wanted more grappling experience, he could easily just join the various non-IBJJF events and ADCC opens as a professional.

As he was just starting his jiu-jitsu career, the NCAA Division I All-American beat BJJ star Nicky Rod in wrestling, then went 1-1 with Gordon Ryan in a predictable mixed rules exhibition. In 2020, he handily beat Ryan in seconds during the wrestling portion, before losing the no-time limit, submission-only ruleset that followed.

In 2024, under a full submission grappling ruleset, Downey most recently dominated former UFC champ Luke Rockhold at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) event.

Downey has since signed with Polaris to continue his pro grappling career. Ryan and Downey also recently agreed to another weird mixed rules match next, which may or may not happen.

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The UFC 309 media day is the first official stop for fight week festivities in New York City.

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, former UFC champion Charles Oliveira, and Michael Chandler are just a few of the athletes who will answer questions Wednesday morning.

The UFC 309 media schedule is as follows:

10:30 a.m. ET: Paul Craig

11 a.m.: Michael Chandler

12 p.m.: Karine SIlva

12:30 p.m.: Stipe Miocic

12:45 p.m.: James Llontop

1 p.m.: Charles Oliveira

1:45 p.m.: Jon Jones

2:15 p.m.: Mauricio Ruffy

2:45 p.m.: Bo Nickal

3 p.m.: Viviane Araujo

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