Dustin Poirier never misses an opportunity to jump to the guillotine, and coach Mike Brown knows it all too well.
Poirier is notorious for attempting a guillotine choke, which often leaves him in trouble. Most recently, “The Diamond” repeatedly failed to perform a guillotine jump against Benoit St. Denis at UFC 299 in March, despite being advised by his corner not to.
Brown, Poirier’s coach at American Top Team, recently revealed what happened in the corner between rounds during that fight. According to Brown, Poirier blatantly ignored advice from his corner to avoid a guillotine and went on to attempt another guillotine moments later.
“Actually, they didn’t play it between rounds. After the first round, I said, ‘No more guillotines,’ and they switched to other corners,” Poirier told MMAFighting. told com. “But right after I said that, Dustin said, “No, but you can hit it!” I just said, “You crazy son of a bitch.”
“I literally said that and he went and jumped again. They didn’t play the part, but more words were said after I said don’t jump to the guillotine.”
Brown further stated that although Poirier has yet to earn a guillotine submission victory inside the Octagon, he has had success with guillotine submissions in sparring.
“Honestly, he puts a lot of people to sleep in the gym,” Brown said. “He’s got some really good stuff. He’s just not attacking them in the game.”
Poirier’s guillotine attempt against Saint-Denis is fresh in our minds, but Brown is more interested in the guillotine technique thanks to ‘Diamond’ during his slugfest with Dan Hooker at UFC on ESPN 12 He revealed that he had a .
“The fight that almost made me lose my mind was the fight with Hooker, because he lost the first two rounds and then fought back and jumped on the guillotine in the rounds that followed. If he had been in last place, he would have lost in the third round and he wouldn’t have won. He won the decision,” Brown said.
“But somehow he didn’t hit the guillotine, but somehow got up and started dropping bombs and doing damage, and then somehow started stealing bullets. He managed to get away with it. We’ll find a way to make it work. He definitely made us sweat and bite our nails in that game.”
The closest Poirier came to a successful guillotine was his lightweight title unification bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 in 2019. However, The Eagle later revealed that giving Poirier a guillotine and tiring him out was part of the game plan. The Louisiana native is currently scheduled to take on Nurmagomedov’s teammate Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on June 1st at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Brown still believes Poiret has a chance to win the title via guillotine.
“It absolutely could happen,” Brown said. “He’s accomplished a lot in this sport. I feel like he doesn’t have anything more to prove, but this is the one box he has to check. Win the title. Even though he didn’t, I feel like it’s a real UFC title. He won it on an interim basis. He feels like a champion in my eyes. ”
