{"id":389426,"date":"2022-05-21T19:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389426"},"modified":"2022-05-21T19:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T19:09:03","slug":"former-ufc-champion-michael-bisping-believes-dustin-poirier-didnt-make-the-smartest-move-in-accepting-a-colby-covington-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-ufc-champion-michael-bisping-believes-dustin-poirier-didnt-make-the-smartest-move-in-accepting-a-colby-covington-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Champion Michael Bisping Believes Dustin Poirier Didn&#8217;t Make the &#8216;Smartest Move&#8217; In Accepting a Colby Covington Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MMA world has reacted to UFC lightweight star Dustin Poirier finally accepting the long-standing challenge put forward by former teammate turned rival Colby Covington. The reactions to his decision are varied, to say the least, since the step-up in weight coupled with the stylistic challenges Covington poses are significant.<\/p>\n<p>However, some believe this could be the step Dustin Poirier needs to take in order to launch himself into the mainstream eye. Going up to 170-pounds and decisively vanquishing one of the most polarising fighters in the UFC would be a major step in the right direction for Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nRmYVh8xH_Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping spoke out on the matter and weighed the pros and cons of Poirier\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kamaru-usman-claims-rival-colby-covington-will-hold-the-door-as-a-gatekeeper-for-the-ufcs-welterweight-division\/\">Kamaru Usman Claims Rival Colby Covington Will \u2018Hold the Door\u2019 as a Gatekeeper for the UFC\u2019s Welterweight Division<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Michael Bisping doesn&#8217;t mince his words<\/h2>\n<p>According to Michael Bisping, facing Colby Covington at welterweight isn\u2019t the \u2018smartest move\u2019 for the former interim lightweight champion. Covington\u2019s status as a top contender makes him extremely dangerous in the eyes of Bisping, who believes size will play a big factor in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Count\u2019 put forth his opinion after weighing the benefit Dustin Poirier will experience by not depleting himself to the lightweight limit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-389427 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/wek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/wek.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/wek-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/wek-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/wek-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGoing up a weight division, going up against Colby Covington, if he loses that, that could have real implications on him getting a title fight again,\u201d Bisping said. \u201che wants to be active. He wants to keep earning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gum0T8iwoRg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe wants to keep fighting, wants to keep making money and setting himself up for the future, which I get, but going up to 170, putting on 15 pounds \u2013 well, I say putting on 15 pounds. Not cutting that 15 pounds, but sure enough, fighting at a weight class 15 pounds heavier against one of the top contenders. Whilst me as a fan, I would love to see that, but I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the smartest move.\u201d[h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-reacts-after-dustin-poirier-accepts-challenge-from-colby-covington-i-dont-know-if-its-the-smartest-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His trash-talk aside, Colby Covington has proven himself to be a ferocious contender who has defeated a plethora of top welterweights. Only the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world has been able to push him back and this means it\u2019s sure to be a tall task for Poirier, who is coming off a loss in his last fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MMA world has reacted to UFC lightweight star Dustin Poirier finally accepting the long-standing challenge put forward by former teammate turned rival Colby Covington. The reactions to his decision are varied, to say the least, since the step-up in weight coupled with the stylistic challenges Covington poses are significant. However, some believe this could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":388713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}