With how much success Dustin Poirier had throwing calf kicks, he expects Conor McGregor to try and do the same in their upcoming trilogy bout. Poirier (27-6 MMA, 19-5 UFC) evened the series score at one-a-piece when he knocked out McGregor (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in the second round at UFC 257 in January. He implemented a great strategy, chopping McGregor’s legs down with brutal low kicks, which opened his offense up top, where he landed the finishing blows in Round 2. McGregor, who was in crutches after the fight, admitted that he never trained to combat leg kicks, a mistake he heavily paid for in the rematch. Now the pair will settle the score in a rubber match, when they square off in the main event of UFC 264 on July 10
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