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00:02 You don't normally see a dog priced as much in the UFC
00:05 for a fight.
00:06 And I do think Islam Malkichev will win the fight.
00:07 But I think the total might be something to take a look at.
00:10 Over 1 and 1/2 rounds, it's 160, 165, depending
00:13 on where you're looking at it.
00:14 I don't think Poirier is going to engage as quickly as people
00:17 think.
00:18 Everyone thinks that this is going to be just a, you know,
00:19 take Malkichev by submission.
00:22 He's got to get to Poirier, for one thing.
00:24 And we know what Poirier does.
00:26 We know how hard he hits.
00:27 He's a right-handed fighter who fights southpaw
00:30 because he has a right hook.
00:31 It's one of the coolest things in combat sports
00:33 to watch this tonight, if you're new to it.
00:35 Poirier should fight the other way, with the right hand
00:38 being the power hand.
00:40 Instead, he flips it around because he wants the right hook
00:41 to be his power shot.
00:43 As Malkichev comes in, watch that right hook.
00:45 If he catches him coming in, Poirier can shock the world
00:49 with one punch.
00:50 I don't think it happens.
00:51 But I do think this fight's going to go longer than people
00:53 think, just by the durability of Dustin Poirier.
00:56 And you're right.
00:57 He's had three shots.
00:58 This is his third shot at the undisputed champ belt
01:01 in the lightweight division.
01:02 This is it.
01:03 This is his last shot at getting it.
01:05 This is the best division in the UFC.
01:07 So I don't expect this thing to end quickly.
01:09 I think we could see a four or five--
01:10 three or four or five-round fight.
01:12 I think it gets out of the second round.
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