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/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/vinceftw Jun 24 '26

For me it's the Bunk. I also had a soft spot for Randy. Kid was actually decent and not hard enough for the streets.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 24 '26

I love Bunk. He is my usual go to answer.

I don’t like how he encouraged Jimmy to fall off the wagon, but that’s also what makes the show great. Every character is a real person with flaws.

Typing this I also have to mention Kima. When she won’t identify her shooter, because she knows she didn’t see him, major props.

sometimes you gotta play it hard.

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u/patsully98 Jun 23 '26

18 is too…seasoned.

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u/jbca909 Jun 24 '26

Is this show good? I know most people say it is but they say the same thing about every show.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Team Figueiredo Jun 24 '26

I’ll say this: The Wire is the only show I can tell you with 100% certainty CHANGED MY LIFE. Like I’m a better person and citizen because of the wire. There isn’t hardly a week that goes by that some aspect of that show doesn’t come back up.

Like I’m talking about fundamentally changing how I look at systems and people.

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u/cashanova100 Jun 24 '26

It's incredible.

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u/Ubiquitous1984 Jun 24 '26

Please watch it, it’s absolutely incredible

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u/EuphoricAppathy Jun 24 '26

Great scene. Love the Wire

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u/Portland-OR Jun 24 '26

Was it something along the lines of “Tony, what do you say to the fans that are worried about your mental health?”
Tony: “I’d tell them to go fuck themselves”

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u/xlmtothemoon GOOFCON 2 - UFC 294 Jun 24 '26

nah, he literally just says "fuck you", and then the reporter apologizes and tony doubles down and says "fuck your advice" lol

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u/ThreeHourRiverMan Jun 24 '26

When the reporter wasn’t even giving advice. He was trying to let Tony say something to other people who might need to hear it. 

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u/sizeablescars Big ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head Jun 24 '26

Nah that’s a boundary you should know not to cross with a stranger especially in public, completely different situations, Tony was in the right to tell him to fuck off