Perennial contender Dustin Poirier has weighed in on Ilia Topuria's lightweight move. The former UFC interim lightweight champion used to be a featherweight like Topuria, moving up to 155lbs after a 2014 loss to Conor McGregor before hitting his stride in the years that followed.

Dustin Poirier says Islam Makhachev could make a lot of noise at welterweight but not so much going all the way up to 185 pounds and the same goes for Ilia Topuria trying to claim the lightweight titl