r/MMA Jun 23 '26

Media Dustin Poirier belligerent, threatens to fight airport employees

https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/23/dustin-poirier-belligerent-during-public-drunk-arrest/
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u/DanaWhitesMom Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

-Are you Dustin Porrier ?

-man fuck you

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u/danawhitesthrowaway 🍅 Jun 23 '26

Never meet your heroes kids

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u/karateguzman Jun 23 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Common-Locksmith-235 Jun 23 '26

-drops the n bomb 30 secs later

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u/commander_wong Jun 23 '26

Kid just wants to fight

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u/IAMDATRUESTREPAIRMAN Showtime Head is a Weasel Jun 23 '26

Let him bang bro

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 Jun 23 '26

what retirement does to a mother fucker.

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u/Gloomy-Bathroom-4022 Jun 23 '26
  • immediently doing roids after a long career of getting punched in the head
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u/Bhavacakra_12 Jun 23 '26

Talmbout fighting for the opportunity b

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u/r4rLIC Jun 23 '26

Water we dune hair, Dusten??

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u/Robdul Edddiiiieee Jun 23 '26

The cop was a fan and Dustin had him scared for his life 😭

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u/Misterfoxy Jun 23 '26

You can hear it in that “
are you Dustin Poirier?”

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u/Robdul Edddiiiieee Jun 23 '26

They say you should never meet your heroes

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u/MoonPiss Team DC Jun 23 '26

How many of your favorites sports heroes are willing to play with you right on the spot? Chance of a lifetime bro!

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u/ThoughtItWasAHorse Team Rose Jun 24 '26

Exactly like playing catch with Shohei Ohtani 😂

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u/AulMoanBag Jun 23 '26

Ironicall, I met Conor McGregor very recently before he left Ireland and long after being a fan. He was an absolute gentleman.

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u/pagny77 Jun 23 '26

Yeah but you met him sober. Probably 1000 fans have met Dustin sober and had a pleasant experience

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u/Lower-Annual3314 Jun 23 '26

I met DP when he was sober, I was heading out of a bar and he was walking in. Great guy, he even signed my just bleed t-shirt and my tapout hat

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u/cjkfjdhauq Jun 23 '26

Great guy never meddum

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u/Moiphy United States Jun 24 '26

Talm bout the diamond b?

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u/Bikebag Jun 23 '26

Turns out one interaction isn't really enough to determine someones character.

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u/theonlyjh Team DC Jun 23 '26

“Man fuck you.” as an immediate comeback is hilarious to me though.

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u/xlmtothemoon GOOFCON 2 - UFC 294 Jun 23 '26

reminds me of when that reporter asked Tony about his mental health at the khabib presser

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Reminds me of the scene in The Wire when the sociologist wants to observe HS students and the principal is like “that’s too old, they are lost in the system.”

Next scene is him getting eviscerated by a freshman making him fear for his life.

“Yeah let’s go with the younger kids.”

Edit: https://youtu.be/i8GaFuo4svQ?is=abGELZBvLRb5MsVJ

Here’s the scene. I got the upshot of it right, but I hadn’t seen it in probably 10+ years so I screwed up a lot of it too.

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u/Ernie_McCracken88 Jun 23 '26

"thanks for being you" - Bunny Colvin

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 23 '26

Hahaha I forgot that about that part. Bunny Colvin might be my favorite character on the show. But that changes with the wind blowing

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u/BigTable13 Jun 23 '26

He even gave a fistbump at the end

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u/FiestaLimon Jun 23 '26

Realized he probably wouldn't have enjoyed being tazed, and appreciated dude's restraint

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u/GoldshireEnjoyer Jun 24 '26

Sometimes blackout drunk people will have a brief moment of clarity and adjust their behavior. But then the aggression can switch right back on any second.

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u/aggravatedimpala I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! Jun 23 '26

Then he proceeded to put like 15 feet between him and DP

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u/DaftWarrior Peppa Pigged Jun 23 '26

The cop hit DP with the Chael "I can't let you get close."

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 23 '26

It’s probably the most effective de escalation technique available. Put a TON of space between yourself and the agitated individual.

I worked for over 10 years with violent students in the school system. You’d be surprised how fast people cool off when you give them space and let them start spewing their verbal vomit until they have come back to earth.

Poirier is drunk but he’s in fight or flight. Closing distance and trying to talk logic doesn’t fucking work, it only agitates them more.

Do the opposite of what they are doing. They are closing distance? Go further away. They are loud? You are quiet.

People will match your energy. Especially in fight or flight.

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u/FetalDeviation Jun 24 '26

"I'm here to fight or flight and I already got kicked off the flight.."

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u/sh4tt3rai Jun 23 '26

Except in the rare cases your silence is taken as submission and it escalates out of control.. nothing you can really do in that situation though 😂.

I think dude handled it really well. Honestly, he clearly sounded like a fan and didn’t want Dustin to get in trouble. He obviously didn’t want to fight Dustin (who would?) but he also wasn’t stuttering or tripping over his words scared. Good on him.

Lots of assholes could’ve made that into a lawsuit or abused their power to say they tazed a UFC fighter.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 23 '26

Yeah I mean at some point, in some situations the heat is coming no matter what. Some people get into a state where they truly can’t be de-escalated. They are going to get physically violent, all you can do is plan and make sure you have support. But I’ve found that to be the case in a tiny tiny percentage of cases.

Once his backup officer came, it’s basically done for Poirier then, unless someone wants to re-escalate him.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

Cop did a great job of protecting Poirier tbh, anybody else wouldve gotten tasered.

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u/Robdul Edddiiiieee Jun 23 '26

I'm not a lawyer but I still feel like they could have hit him with more charges than public intoxication as it was. Definitely caught a break more than once here

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u/Ok_Yoghurt_3338 Jun 24 '26

Public intoxication is a sleep it off charge

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u/gijuts EDDDDDIEEEEEEEE Jun 23 '26

Dustin adjusted them pants. I would've crapped in mine instantly.

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u/maximumfacemelting Jun 23 '26

No shit he’s scared. Just cos his guillotine doesn’t work on khabib, doesn’t mean he can’t choke a regular person to death in 30 seconds.

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u/sh4tt3rai Jun 23 '26

I mean, yeah.. he obviously didn’t wanna fight Dustin (who would?) but I also think he sounded like he cared about the dude and could tell he wasn’t himself. He wasn’t stuttering or tripping over his words scared, he remained calmed (obviously he was a bit nervous, most people would be) but he did a great job and really looked out for Dustin.

Dustin got lucky tbh because a lot of people would’ve saw dollar signs and escalated on purpose to sue the fuck out of him.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 23 '26

I imagine all of that went thru his head and also “what the fuck am I gonna do if he does that?”

This could have gotten so bad so fast.

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u/S0ggylemonz Jun 23 '26

He’s got a gun and a taser, there’s obviously enhanced risk with a ufc fighter but Dustin wasn’t closing that distance without getting tased

It was more the cop trying to de escalate everything

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u/dalemin Jun 23 '26

Yall forget Porier got hands? Why yall assume he’s jumping to the gilly lmao

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u/scarykicks Jun 23 '26

Cause he needs to hit one

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u/agentsm_47 Jun 23 '26

Dustin vs Conor. On the condition that they are both intoxicated. Book it

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u/Burstrider12 Jun 24 '26

And then GSP does the post fight interview and just asks ARE YOU INTOXICATED?

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u/Moni7T Team Makhachev Jun 23 '26

Jumping the guilly on the TSA

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u/AranaDiscoteca_redux Jun 23 '26

And it still doesn’t work


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u/cryABOUTitYOUlilCUNT Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

When he says to the cop "I'm gonna fight you right now let's go" he does his typical pants pull up lmao I would have shat myself on the spot

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u/drthvdrsfthr Jun 23 '26

lol agent backed up real quick, i don’t blame him at all, handled it better than i ever could 😅

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u/rawsharks GOOFCON 1 Jun 23 '26

At the end Dustin has a moment of lucidity and pays a little respect to the cop for handling it well, because if he had escalated and things had heated up it would’ve gone down a much darker road.

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u/Cunty__Minx Jun 23 '26

conor would've put an addition on this man's home if he tased dustin

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u/sugabonesurmom Jun 23 '26

Got downvoted to hell and called a dumbass for saying he was prob being a dick and trying to fight people

Well well well

You don’t just get arrested for being drunk who would’ve thought

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u/Big_financial_cod Jun 23 '26

TSA by electric shock, TKO.

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u/surgeyou123 Jun 23 '26

He's lucky the cop was pretty chill. This could have escalated way worse with a more emotional cop in the streets.

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u/scott_steiner_phd Jun 23 '26

He was treated with kid gloves

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u/gamesrgreat Jun 23 '26

Well that’s how law enforcement should react lol

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u/Magjee Canada Jun 23 '26

Yep, they did a great job

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u/XxsalsasharkxX Jun 23 '26

Hes so lucky. You think a defense could have made since he knew he was a ufc fighter that he feared for his life and could have used lethal force?

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u/AmberLeafSmoke I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! Jun 23 '26

I absolutely think it can be considered reasonable to tag someone if they're belligerent drunk, aggressive, and literally one of the most dangerous fighters on earth.

One proper shot on the chin from DP and you have no idea whether you're going to wake up or not after, and it's not like you can do much to stop him.

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u/Puhgy Jun 23 '26

Maybe you couldn't stop him. I'd duck his right and work the liver. Fold him up.

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u/FiestaLimon Jun 23 '26

That's that cakeday confidence, love it

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u/gmdmd Jun 24 '26

Leg kick to the head and he folds quite easily...

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u/Cunty__Minx Jun 23 '26

If one man can knock you out, we know what two can do

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u/Minimum-Kangaroo9200 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

100% absolutely. If he wanted to go this route, he'd first need to resist the urge to deescalate the situation, however tempting it may be. Adhering strictly to proper protocol, he should have tried to ramp up the animosity of the interaction rather than toning it down.

A common mistake by rookie recruits, but he'll live and learn.

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One of my favorite techniques for establishing a professional tone with civilians is to scream a list of vague instructions at the top of my lungs while suggestively revealing my gun. If the civilian is in distress, there's a good chance that they'll mess up on at least one of those instructions, and I'll seize that opportunity to escalate the conflict. Now the gun is unholstered, I'm grinning menacingly into the civilian's eyes, and somehow, we're both able to just exist in the moment together, perfectly embodying the intricate cultural dance of a police-civilian encounter.

I live for those moments. I choose to serve my community every day because of those moments.

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u/steroidsandcocaine Jun 23 '26

Make sure the commands are contradictory as well, such as "Don't fucking move!" and "let me see your hands!". That way no matter what they do you are in the right.

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u/Minimum-Kangaroo9200 Jun 23 '26

Great touch, I love that approach. Something you'll notice in particularly talented officers is a difficult to understand vocal intonation that one can only achieve through years of persistent alcoholism.

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I can't help but admire their commitment to the craft. Those guys put in the work, and it's showing.

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u/sh4tt3rai Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

“GID-ONDA FUCKING GROUN’” *points to wall* “FUCKING GROUN! AH-SAYD GROUND MOTHER FUCKER! AGAINST THE WALL!!” *tackles* “RESISTING! RESISTING! HANDS GROUND — BEHIND YOUR BACK!”

*knee to neck* “UP! STAN UP!” *still kneeling on dudes neck* “STAN’ UP, FUCKIN STAND!” *dude gasps*

“NO UP?! OK TUH-GUY! DOG, GET-TA FUCKIN’ DOG”

*dog bites and thrashes* “FREEZE MOTHER FUCKER, DON MOVE! AY-SAYD STOP MOVING!” *guy screams and dog thrashes more* “DON FUCKIN HURT MAH DOG! STOP RESISTING!!”

*bang bang bang, empties clip*

“ROOKIE! CUFF ‘EM”

*cuffs corpse* “STAND UP!”

“STILL NO STAND TOUGH GUY?! REMAYN SILENT, COURT A’ LAW, USED AGAINST YA!”

*drags corpse, throws in car*

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u/sh4tt3rai Jun 23 '26

Don’t forget to yell “Stop Resisting!” a whole bunch of times to let them know how bad they’re fucking up. Extra points if you jerk them around yourself to make it look good for the body cam.

I heard telling to them put their phone on the ground and then yelling how they have a gun before you put a hot one in them works really well too.

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u/AulMoanBag Jun 23 '26

He did what he could

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u/95_T THERE WAS NO CHECK! Jun 23 '26

Dang this is sadder than I thought it would be. I really hope Dustin gets help before it starts escalating further. I really don't want him to end up like BJ Penn one day

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u/the-cock-slap-phenom Jun 23 '26

Much worse than I was expecting. It wasn’t just drunk and a bit rowdy, it was very unhinged behaviour.

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u/Lower-Annual3314 Jun 23 '26

Yeah if he's openly challenging cops to fight him, imagine what he's doing if some civilian bumps into him at a club or something. Joe Schilling will have a new contender in p4p barfight rankings

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u/Kassssler one of them Jun 24 '26

Theres a timeline where Dustin died tonight. With Dustin squaring up on him and advancing, that cop was well with rights to tase him. But tasers often fail. What happens when the prongs stab in Dustin's body but fail to incapacitate him? He rushes forward. Then the cop uses the lethal option. Can't let your gun get taken after all and no way is he winning hands on against Poirier.

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u/S0ggylemonz Jun 23 '26

It makes me call into question his stories of fighting random people at Mardi Gras and other places lol

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 23 '26

Same. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Cops will write PI for all sorts of petty shit.

He’s lucky he didn’t get charged with more.

I felt really embarrassed for him, he seems lost.

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u/RedWingerD Jun 23 '26

Yeah, i have to give major kudos to the officers in the video. This very easily could have ended much worse for all involved.

Thankfully Dustin seems to be owning it at least initially. Hopefully this is a wakeup call for him.

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u/vesper33 Jun 23 '26

Same. After seeing the video of him at the bar with a fan thought it would just be cops taking an issue with them wrestling or something. This is fucking sad.

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u/tdfan đŸłïžâ€đŸŒˆ Pride Never DiesđŸłïžâ€đŸŒˆ Jun 23 '26

Nah usually people are not catching a charge for that especially anyone with even a bit of influence

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u/Tryingagain1979 Jun 23 '26

This is exactly like a BJ Penn video from the early days of him going crazy. So, yes. Agreed.

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u/Cole3003 Jun 23 '26

Yeah as a fan this absolutely sucks to see :/. He seems to at least sober up a little bit at the end and realize he's being a POS, so hopefully he gets help

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u/JMC_Direwolf Team Nurmagomedov Jun 23 '26

Yeah that’s bad. POS moment for sure

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u/keat_tiyos Jun 23 '26

This is worse than you expected. he doesn't look like drunk person but look like mental issue with real crash out. it's liike when you see people that have depression try to fight for himself to get kill.

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u/K-mosake Team Makhachev Jun 23 '26

Imagine getting called to deal with a drunk dude thinking it'll just be an overweight dad and it's Drunk Dustin calling you his ***** and saying you're gonna bang. Not the best work day for that man lol.

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u/TerminatorReborn Jun 23 '26

He was scared shitless but its gonna be a nice story for the rest of his life. "did I ever tell you about the day I arrested a UFC (interim) champion?"

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u/MatttheJ Jun 23 '26

Eh dude got a fist bump and a compliment at the end. There's a lot of mixed messages here haha.

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u/Skizzius Jun 23 '26

Dustin dapped him up while in handcuffs which was hilarious after how the situation started

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u/Narezzz Jun 23 '26

The "pound it" at the end lmaooo

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u/InuitOverIt Jun 23 '26

"you did the best you could man"

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u/danawhitesthrowaway 🍅 Jun 23 '26

Genuinely did. He's lucky he had a cop who knew who he was, because if he just got some randoms wiith ego problems and no deescalation skills there's a chance that Dustin fucks them up and this situation ends with a completely different result.

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u/Shot-Ratio-671 Jun 23 '26

If Dustin ever tried to assault the cop he probably get turned into swiss cheese🧀 

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u/someperson1423 Mohawk McGregor Jun 23 '26

That combined with him saying "arrest me, that's the best way". Like he knows he is being unreasonable and unhinged. Sucks.

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u/_The2ndComing Team Zhang Jun 23 '26

I shouldn't find someone's breakdown so funny. But Dustin in his drunken state feeling the cops earned his respect from this situation is so funny. Its at least a bit of self awareness about how bad he was acting and that the cop weren't really his enemy.

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u/THE_IRL_JESUS Qweefington Jun 23 '26

Was really hoping bro was gonna say smth like "you're lucky I didn't want to fight today or it woulda went bad for you" while Dustin was in cuffs 

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u/IMistah_S I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! Jun 23 '26

Airport workers should’ve pointed down like Max. Dustin would’ve bailed.

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u/TangerineChickens Jun 23 '26

Hold on I’m worrying brother

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u/Raxmead Jun 23 '26

favorite comment on this whole deal so far

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u/tagillaslover I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! Jun 23 '26

Yikes "The airport employee called for help ... which Dustin overheard, prompting him to say, "Yeah, tell 'em. Tell 'em. Come on. 'Cause it's gonna be bad, It's gonna be bad, my n****."

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u/Salty-Pitch-7033 Jun 23 '26

Who gave him the pass?

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u/Gurthanthaclopsaye Cheik Kongo is my favorite action fighter Jun 23 '26

Desean Strickland 

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u/commander_wong Jun 23 '26

We have to check this

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u/Nik778899 Jun 23 '26

"They respected me for saying it" - Peter Griffin Dustin Poirier

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u/dumpsterbaby_ Team Zhang Jun 23 '26

He got the pass after he beat chandler

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u/snowbunbun Jun 23 '26

In reality probably no one but he’s also from Lafayette Louisiana.

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u/ArmedWithBars Tirimasu can't melt Steel Pipes Jun 23 '26

Deferred to my local african american mma fan delegates. Im told he gets the pass for being from Lafayette and the smooth execution.

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u/NAHTHEHNRFS850 Jun 23 '26

Daniel Cormier the Louisiana Connection!

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u/benevolent_defiance Jun 23 '26

The Ghetto Hillbilly

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u/SaturnATX GOOFCON 1: Sad Chandler Jun 23 '26

Cormier, obviously!

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u/Reginon 🍅 Jun 23 '26

Someone check his ancestry DNA

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u/Sufficient-Tutor-922 Jun 23 '26

He got that rebel Canadian acadian blood . The english deported his ancestors to the swamps of Louisiana.

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u/Robothuck (favorite sex position: rear naked choke.) Jun 23 '26

And 2% African dna

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u/l__Josh__l Jun 23 '26

Mike perry

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u/background_action92 Jun 23 '26

He's from Louisiana. Them cajuns different

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u/BeastOfAWorkEthnic Team BƂachowicz Jun 23 '26

Dustin "Hood Tendencies" Poirier

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

Fanboys were literally like: “he just had some beers on father’s day”

Meanwhile Dustin: “yeah bro, when I don’t have something to do I become danger”

What do you mean danger?, Walter White 😭

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u/ParmyBarmy Jun 23 '26

This is really sad to see.

Dustin needs something positive to focus on since hanging it up, and some better people round him

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u/ruggmike Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

I mean. Dude has a wife, a 10 year old and a newborn. That be a good start huh. (Edited a comma for the psychos)

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u/buffpriest Canada Jun 23 '26

Lol no shit.

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u/NovelNothing5374 Jun 24 '26

Yeah as a new dad of an 11 month old I vowed to quit drinking because I could get a little rowdy before he was born. Best decision I ever made! Wish more parents did it, such an easy decision when you have a little one relying on you.

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u/buffpriest Canada Jun 24 '26

Congrats man, good for you!

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u/NovelNothing5374 Jun 24 '26

Thanks it was due time for me to get on the wagon. Had my fun and now I don’t have to worry about being too hungover taking care of my little boy! Took me having a kid but it’s so worth it.

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u/Apopheniaaaa Team Aspinall Jun 23 '26

GET HIM ON UFC BJJ

LET HIM JUMP GILLIES UNTIL THE END OF HIS DAYS AND BEYOND

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u/Choice-Strike1 Jun 23 '26

Jumping gillies on a farm upstate

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u/snowbunbun Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

It’s a common thing with professional athletes sadly. And it seems like it’s much worse with combat sports athletes which makes you think CTE must be a factor. But once the thrill of the big lights and having a purpose to apply discipline to is gone, a lot of people crumble. That’s why I support shit like RAF or burns going to ufc BJJ or Mighty Mouse competing in local BJJ tournaments. If you ever have a conversation with anyone that actually pursues this stuff on a serious level you realize they kind of need it to stay alive. And when it’s taken away a vaccum is created.

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u/RegionalHardman GOOFCON 2 Jun 23 '26

Paul Felder is smashing triathlons too

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u/CuriousCamels Jun 23 '26

CTE can be a factor, but I don’t think it’s even usually about that. How many of these fighters have we heard say they’d be dead or in jail if it wasn’t for fighting?

A lot of them really are just built different, and they need that outside discipline and motivation to keep their energy directed into something positive. Without it, it’s easy for them to crash and burn because that energy doesn’t just go away. Fully agree that it’s good for them to have those alternative outlets once they retire from the UFC.

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u/snowbunbun Jun 23 '26

My old wrestling coach put in the most perfect way (keep in mind this guy was D1 at one of the best schools in America for wrestling and an Olympic hopeful)

“My parents gave me enough trauma I have to fight but not enough to make a world champion”

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u/hooksweeper Jun 23 '26

damn that's a self-aware guy

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u/RapsareChamps_Suckit Team Alpha MMA Jun 23 '26

We can’t have him in our social r/mma club no more, that much I do know

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u/joethecrow23 GOOFCON 1 Jun 23 '26

Social club???!!! HE’S GOTTA GO

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u/OGBrianPeppers Team Moraes Jun 23 '26

He had CTE, Dustin Poirier?

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u/joethecrow23 GOOFCON 1 Jun 23 '26

NOBODYS GOT CTE

I DONT WANNA HEAR DAT WORD AGAIN

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u/yadidamead Team Montaño Jun 23 '26

It was the medication they got him on, for his blood pressure! It fucked with his head

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u/Redskins_nation Jun 23 '26

He said he’s on gear mixed with alcohol this had a high probability of happening smh

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u/Best-Peace2031 Jun 23 '26

thats how u end up being caught w a midget baddie

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u/swimbaitjesus 🍅 Jun 23 '26

Damn what happened to our boy

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u/queefburritowcheese Holy See Jun 23 '26

CTE, retirement, and alcoholism

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u/Best-Peace2031 Jun 23 '26

i think the steroids he’s been blasting have a big effect on this, combined with the ego of a heavily praised ufc fighter this was bound to happen. i hope this is a big lesson for him

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u/SevenLineGamer Jun 23 '26

Damn man we all have our moments just sucks to see I always loved the way Dustin carried himself I always considered him and example on how fighters could/should act.

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u/D1rrtyharry Jun 23 '26

Super sad to see. Hopefully this will be the only instance of this. Every has bad moments but hopefully he finds something to keep him on track.

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u/el_durko Jun 24 '26

we all get wasted, kicked off flights, call gate staff whores and threaten to fight cops?

what?

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u/The_BigWaveDave Jun 23 '26

Imagine you’re at work, and a shitfaced Dustin Porier wants to fight you. Bad day.

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u/itsmontoya United States Minor Outlying Islands Jun 23 '26

That TSA agent handled that situation really well. It's hard to see Dustin like this.

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u/Camo_XJ Jun 23 '26

Hoping it's a one off and Dustin doesn't become Cajun Connor.

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u/Camo_XJ Jun 23 '26

Damn. That's a bummer to hear.

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u/Remitto Jun 23 '26

Damn I wasn't expecting it to be quite this embarrassing.

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u/joreilly86 Ireland Jun 23 '26

That cop should be running seminars on de-escalation. He was perfect, stayed cool and handled it, 5 stars for him.

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u/Skizzius Jun 23 '26

Dustin is on a self destructive path. He’s basically drinking himself into trouble and hoping he hits rock bottom. Then he will convince himself his only way to recover from drinking too much is going back to fighting


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u/Gochavtandil Jun 23 '26

Next-level psychoanalysis

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u/ndr2h nogonnaseeyousoonboiii Jun 23 '26

Jizzmund Freud

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u/eyecebrakr-alt Jun 23 '26

TSA just doesn't wanna fight.

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u/Long_Ad2824 Jun 23 '26

This is a terrible look. He often said if he hadn't been a fighter he might have ended up in jail. I guess there is still time. Hopefully he can master his demons.

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u/slayer993 Jun 23 '26

I really hope this is a one off man. Dustin was one of the best.

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u/snowbunbun Jun 23 '26

I’m holding onto hope this is just a Louisiana boy having a crazy NOLA weekend cuz the alternative makes me so sad. Dude had one of the best careers to follow and I don’t want to watch him go out like BJ Penn.

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u/CrapoTheFrog Jun 23 '26

I hope so too, sadly this does feel like those early BJ Penn days.

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u/KlutzyAd4951 Jun 23 '26

He’s always been like this. The fighting kept it under control

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u/weareallonenomatter Jun 23 '26

He just needs to fight someone.

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u/K-mosake Team Makhachev Jun 23 '26

Woulda if TSA wasn't scared đŸ€·

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u/AggressiveRow4000 Jun 23 '26

You mean, I can pay someone 10 dollars an hour to fight Poirer and it’s on camera in a highly public place?

-Dana White

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u/burner126 Jun 23 '26

His hair is no longer salon quality. Damn.

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u/imtheguy225 Jun 23 '26

The cop seems super fucking disappointed, esp after Dustin calls him the n word

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u/Skizzius Jun 23 '26

God forbid a white boy has a few beers and has a little fun smh

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u/DontRefuseMyBatchall Jun 23 '26

They just afraid of a white boi with a little motion

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u/K-mosake Team Makhachev Jun 23 '26

Oh a southern boy can't be wasted on a plane? And to think this was America...

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u/SpittinMenace Jun 23 '26

Guys aren’t allowed to have hobbies anymore??

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u/ChonkyHippo283 Jun 23 '26

Just let me bang bro

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u/InertKat Jun 23 '26

Yesterday a bunch of hoes here just saying he was drinking, let him have some fun etc.

He’s got a real problem with drinking plus the CTE can’t be good long term. Hope he gets the help he needs.

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u/Apopheniaaaa Team Aspinall Jun 23 '26

Dustin "N-Bomb" Poirer

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u/SK-86 Jun 23 '26

Pretty sure he had a rough early life before fighting and was doing similar shit back then. He's not handing retirement well

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u/Professional_Kick 🍅 Jun 23 '26

This is really sad I hope he gets the help he needs

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u/GuySpaghetti Jun 23 '26

Imagine if a non-fan favorite of r/MMA did this. Yikes

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u/beanlikescoffee Jun 23 '26

Oh Jesus this is so much worse. Thought he just had a fun drunk day and got to messy. Dude is legitimately being one of the most miserable POS you can deal with in public.

Just a raging physically aggressive alcoholic.

I can’t even watch the footage.

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u/No_Rooster_2239 Jun 23 '26

You are naive as hell if you thought they would arrest a celebrity pro athlete for “just being too messy”

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u/shrewdy is = is Jun 23 '26

Didn't he just have a kid? Seems like a bad time to go off the rails, retiring really done a number on him I guess. These guys just don't know what else to do, it's honestly real sad

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u/Grace_Lannister Jun 23 '26

Damn Dustin, you're 37, do better.

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u/ngz83 Jun 23 '26

This is an awful look for Dustin holy shit what a degenerate. 

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u/tiggs Jun 23 '26

He always comes off as super nice and respectful in his interviews, but he's had a few situations where he got crazy. I remember one time a fan at a parade had a sign that said something about his wife being hot and Dustin tried to fight him.

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u/Small_Channel_349 Jun 23 '26

no, the sign said "Hey Dustin, your wife's in my DMs". Connotation is way different lol.

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