Anyway, who do you guys have on the main event this weekend? Not really sure why Poirier is the slight underdog here. I think he should be around 1.70 favorite... 1.60 even.
I think the reason Poirier is an underdog is because he often talk or people associate him with retiring from MMA sport. After his loss to Khabib (and that was sooo long ago) he has already started to doubt if he should continue. Then after every single loss he is like I dont know if I want to do this more. I feel like he has low motivation to fight or to earn through fighting. Also that BMF title is nothing to give all of yourself in the octagon
I think he's the underdog, not because of what he said or did in his career. But because his opponent is so tough and Poirier's mind is only focused on retirement, he becomes the underdog in this fight. It would be interesting if he won, but on the other side, there's a giant.