Dustin Poirier Claims UFC’s Bold Decision Saved Him a “Bunch of Money”: “I’m Glad It Happened”

The American lightweight fighter, Dustin Poirier, recently gave an exclusive interview to ‘Bloody Elbow’. Poirier discussed a range of topics, including his thoughts on controversies and bouts in general. The controversies surrounding the MMA competitors are a daily sight. One of them was betting on fighters. Poirier has discussed his history of betting himself. There were several problems with fighters betting, and the UFC eventually decided to ban it.

Dustin Poirier was happy about the ban

The interviewer wanted to know ‘The Diamond’s favorite fighters, just like every other MMA fan. When asked who he would choose in a fight between Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor, Poirier declared without hesitation that he would bet his money on McGregor. He quickly realized what he had said and apologized. Poirier claimed that because MMA forbids its athletes from betting, he is unable to bet on anyone, including himself. He continued by outlining his reasons for believing that prohibition should be implemented.

‘The Diamond’ said “Dude, I’m glad it happened because I usually do bet on fights. I’m glad it happened right before that O’Malley – Yan fight because I would have lost a bunch of money. I would have bet Gamrot to beat Dariush, I would have bet Petr to beat O’Malley. I would’ve lost a bunch of money, so they saved me some money.”

Poirier acknowledges that there was a ton of gambling and betting mayhem going on in the UFC. He stated that while he was unaware of the specifics of the situation, he did not intend to disagree with their choice.

The insider trading

Poirier discussed how placing a bet on oneself was a bad idea. He acknowledges that boasting about betting on oneself is never a great practice. However, he thinks it would be worse to bet against oneself. The former interim champion discussed how easy it is to lose a great deal of money while betting this way. When questioned about betting as an insider, ‘The Diamond’ was very open. When it comes to insider trading, he said, that’s a different issue.

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The American fighter may be working out with his teammates and can observe what they are doing. When someone is hurt, he learns about it as an insider and finds it easy to generate an opinion that may be completely different from that of the general public and matchmakers.

He is quite happy that he is out of the MMA betting business. He undoubtedly sees the positive side of the situation. The fighter expresses his delight at having avoided losing a significant sum of money to betting.

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