“Seven years is a long time, and seven years of fighting the best guys in the best organization in the world, the biggest organization in the world, it hardens you. You don't stay seven years without evolving. It doesn't happen.”

American former mixed martial artist

Dustin Poirier is an American former mixed martial artist, active from 2009 to 2025. He competed in the UFC at featherweight and lightweight, and held the interim UFC Lightweight Championship. He is known for his long run in the sport and for repeatedly reaching title fights at lightweight, including three challenges for the undisputed UFC Lightweight Championship and two for the BMF title. MMA media and fellow fighters often describe him as one of the sport’s great lightweights, and among the best never to have won an undisputed belt.