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Islam Makhachev defended his lightweight title and extended his winning streak to 14 fights, third-longest in UFC history, by getting a submission victory over Dustin Poirier in the fifth round on Saturday night at UFC 302 at the Prudential Center in Newark.<\/p>\n
Overcoming one of the sport\u2019s accomplished veterans and a crowd \u2014 including former President Donald Trump \u2014 that was against him from the start, Makhachev ran his record to 26-1 and said afterward he may move up in weight for another challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my dream,\u201d Makhachev said.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s certainly not much left for the Russian at 155 pounds, where he defended his title for the third time and showed again why he is ranked as the pound-for-pound best in UFC.<\/p>\n
Poirier (30-9) fell short in his third attempt for the undisputed title, all three ending by submission. At 35, he is considering retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to see. I think this could be it,\u201d he said after the fight.<\/p>\n
He battled back after Makhachev controlled the first round and bloodied the champion\u2019s face later, but Makhachev took him down midway through the fifth and quickly pounced, with Poirier unable to escape.<\/p>\n
Makhachev, while respectful of the challenger\u2019s accomplishments, noted this week that Poirier did well against boxers but was exposed against fighters with wrestling backgrounds \u2014 which Makhachev lists as his strength.<\/p>\n
The champion seemed on his way to a 12th victory by submission in the first round when he took Poirier down in the opening minute of the fight and kept him on the mat the rest of the round.<\/p>\n
Fans roared when Poirier, the No. 4-ranked lightweight, escaped a couple of takedown attempts in the second, growing even louder when he made it to the horn at the end of the round.<\/p>\n
The fighters had good exchanges in the third and fourth and both were bloodied, but Makhachev didn\u2019t have to worry about taking any more punches.<\/p>\n
In the co-main event, former middleweight champion Sean Strickland got back in the win column with a split-decision over Paulo Costa. <\/p>\n
Strickland appeared to be controlling what he called a boring fight against the Brazilian, who spent much of it backpedaling away from exchanges.<\/p>\n
Strickland (29-6), who lost the title in his last bout, also by split decision to Dricus Du Plessis in January, said afterward he wants another shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to fight for the belt,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Strickland spent most of the first round using short kicks to keep the distance, throwing few punches with the newly designed UFC gloves \u2014 designed in large part to prevent eye pokes \u2014 that he criticized until dropping Costa (14-4) with a right hand in the final minute of the round.<\/p>\n
He tried for the finish in the final minutes of the fifth round, knocking Costa down with a kick and rushing after him before the the clock ran out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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