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Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3 is finally happening. Poirier’s calling it his retirement fight,
and Max is back up at 155—probably for good this time. We’ve seen them fight twice already,
and yeah, Dustin won both, but the full picture is more complicated than the record shows.
Their first fight? That was 2012. Max was 20, no hype, just a skinny kid with flashy kicks and a
chin. Dustin was 23, already climbing the ladder. Max came out aggressive—throwing flying
knees, long-range kicks—but Dustin stayed composed. His striking was sharper, he switched
stances mid-combo, chopped at the legs, and once it hit the mat, it was a wrap. He flowed
through three different submission setups until Max tapped. Slick grappling, and a reminder
that young Dustin had more depth than people gave him credit for.
Their second fight, though, is the one everyone remembers. Max took it on four weeks’ notice,
moved up to lightweight, and still managed to win two rounds—despite getting cracked clean
about nine times in the first. Every time Dustin touched him, Max was stumbling, but somehow
still firing back. Poirier threw everything at him trying to end it, gassed out, and Max started
walking him down, throwing 6–7-punch combinations. It was wild.
The key difference that night? Power. Dustin’s shots did real damage. Max’s didn’t. He just
didn’t have the weight on his punches to make Dustin respect him. And at 155, Dustin was one
of the biggest, most physically punishing guys in the division. Max was a 145er coming up.
Simple as that.
But now? Now Max is built for 155. Look at what he did to Gaethje. He looked faster, sharper,
and more confident than ever. His combos were crisp, his kicks landed clean, and Gaethje—who
just knocked out Dustin, by the way—couldn’t even time him. Max was in and out, feinting,
sliding, landing body shots and high kicks. That’s the version of Holloway that’s stepping into
this fight.
So here’s the dynamic: Dustin is the better pocket boxer. That’s just facts. He’s excellent at
reading rhythm and timing counters—especially off long exchanges. That’s how he caught
McGregor, Chandler, Hooker… the list goes on. He’s hittable, sure, but if you overextend on him,
he’ll make you pay. Max loves long combos, standing right in front of you—but that’s also how
he gets clipped. In the last fight, he kept trying to overwhelm Dustin with volume, and it worked
sometimes… until it didn’t.
If Max wants this win, he needs to fight smarter. He can’t just box in the pocket. He needs to
throw more kicks—like he did against Topuria and Gaethje—mixing teeps, low kicks, and that
sneaky high kick he hides behind his hands. The more he disrupts Dustin’s rhythm, the harder
it’ll be for Dustin to find those clean counters.
Dustin, on the other hand, needs to be patient. He knows Max is durable and hard to finish. But
if he doesn’t fall into the trap of chasing the finish early, he can pick his spots and land those
clean lefts again. And if it goes to the mat? Don’t forget—Dustin’s still got a slick submission
game that he barely needs an opening to start working.
So yeah, no belt here, but it’s legacy on the line. Dustin wants to go out with one more big win.
Max wants revenge. And both of them still have the skills, experience, and fire to make this
trilogy worth every second.
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comments—who’s taking the trilogy?