Dustin Poirier was cageside as he watched Benoit Saint-Denis nearly decapitate Matt Frevola with a brutal head kick last November at UFC 295 . Admittedly, Poirier (29-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) was impressed, but he still saw distance between his path and Saint-Denis’ in the immediate future. “In my head, I was sitting there in the chair cageside like, ‘No way that’s happening. This guy has some work to do,’ Poirier said Monday on “ The MMA Hour.” Fast forward four months, and Poirier is aligned for a highly anticipated five-round March 9 showdown with Saint-Denis (13-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) at UFC 299 in Miami
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