Never really followed the guy before so not a fan boy or a hater. The fish hooking was a wtf for me but who knows what happened in the heat of the moment.
That being said:
Dude literally comes out swinging in his last couple fights. Justin and dustin were both wars.
I knew watching the fight though that if dustin (barring getting caught/ko’d) weathered the first round, he would pull a vet move, step on the gas and take it
Him, Gajthe and Poirer are all like the same guy. They are all right there, have wins and losses against the same guys and are all brawlers with Gajthe having the least offensive submissions, Poirier having the most, Chandler having the middle, Chandler having the most offensive wrestling and Gajthe having the least.
Dude is never in a boring fight. If he fought with a few more IQ points, hed have beaten DP. But DP is the man and pulled out the patience of a vet and got the win. Good fight.
I’ll bet his coach drills a game plan and Chandler tells him he is going to follow the GSP plan. He lands a few bombs and goes Leroy Jenkins, his coach just shakes his head and it’s a coin toss on who wins