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Dustin Poirier is one of the biggest names on the UFC roster. Currently, ‘The Diamond’ is looking forward to fighting Justin Gaethje for a rematch. The winner between ‘The Highlight’ and ‘The Diamond’ will get to reign as the new BMF champion of the UFC. The showdown between the two is set to take place at UFC 291 this coming weekend at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ahead of his monumental clash against Gaethje, Poirier has achieved something huge.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency [USADA] honored Dustin Poirier for 75 clean doping tests. The 34-year-old proved that he had never relied on any performance-enhancing substance before fighting. It was sheer determination and hard work that made him have some glorious victories in the world’s biggest MMA promotion.

Fans react to the enormous achievement of Dustin Poirier

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Recently, Jeff Novitzky, the Senior Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for the UFC, claimed that Poirier has the cleanest test of any active fighter in the UFC. The recent revelation about Poirier has made some of his fans extremely proud. Other than Poirier, the former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya and Charles Oliveira, was also honored by USADA for clean tests. After coming across Dustin Poirier’s achievement, fans were quick to react.

Some of the fans expressed their delight to learn about Poirier fighting clean. They appreciated the UFC star for doing everything right. Some of the UFC fighters have faced trouble for using PEDs before their fights. However, Poirier was a true exception and role model to many MMA fighters. Following are the reactions of some proud fans.

“As far as keeping healthy and retaining speed/power, Dustin does everything right.”

“As pure as the [diamond]”

“THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A TRUE CHAMPION”

Some fans took the opportunity to poke fun at UFC superstar Conor McGregor. McGregor stayed away from the UFC after he suffered a broken leg during his fight against Poirier at UFC 264. Nevertheless, the Irishman is set to come back to the UFC octagon. However, his trouble with USADA hasn’t subsided, as he failed to enter the testing pool. A few fans commented in light of that.

“Mcgregor is cleaner, no roids at all”

“Keep this in my mind, Conor has yet to be honored for this”

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Some of the fans were confused about Novitzky’s statement. They wondered if other fighters failed the USADA fights. They commented,

“Wtf does most clean mean? They Saying some guys are kinda dirty?”

“The “most clean test” of any wtf so are the others not clean”

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From the reactions of the fans, it is clear that they were happy with Poirier’s achievement. While some fans appreciated ‘The Diamond’, some wondered if other fighters were not clean. Moreover, what do you make of Novitzky’s statements? Let us know in the comments section below.

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