Beating the Odds: UFC Fight Night ‘Poirier vs. Johnson’

Michael Johnson evidently took offense to Dustin Poirier being installed as a favorite. A +148 underdog according to BetDSI.com, Johnson felled the American Top Team standout with a vicious two-punch burst and mopped up what was left of him with ground-and-pound in the first round of their UFC Fight Night 94 main event on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. Poirier (+148) required assistance from referee Dan Miragliotta 1:35 into round one, his four-fight winning streak having run its course.Johnson gave the Lafayette, Louisiana, native no chance to settle in. He cut down Poirier with a right hook-straight left combination that scrambled his senses. Johnson then trailed “The Diamond” to the canvas and cut loose with lefts and rights until the job was done. With that, the Blackzilians rep had snapped a …

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