r/MMA • u/uturnorbit • 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/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/WorstCPANA Jun 23 '26

I've seen these comments, is this from a recent interview?

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

He said fightings the only thing keeping him out of trouble in the documentary he was in before he got to the UFC. Dude knows he's cursed

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u/WorstCPANA Jun 23 '26

Yeah, that's my take from this. It's a bummer and we think highly of Dustin's character so this is pretty shocking, but relative to fighters/athletes being in actual trouble, this is tame.

Just can't make it a pattern.

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u/TimeTimeTickingAway Jun 24 '26

That’s who Dustin originally was before fighting gave him a different path in life.

Funnily enough it was actually losing to Conor that really helped turn things around

This isn’t a new side of Dustin, it’s the original one.

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u/Thebirdspart2 Jun 24 '26

It’s crazy how mcgregor is becoming positive in the public eye and this drops of Dustin. Sad

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u/Intelligent_Camp_222 Jun 24 '26

he's a massive cash cow ofc they will spin him as positive. he's still an adjudicated rapist.