22-07-2025
Dustin Poirier didn't win the BMF belt, but he got something even better from his daughter
Dustin Poirier fell short as he tried to claim the BMF title from Max Holloway in his retirement fight at UFC 318, and if he was salty at all about the result, those feelings certainly went away once he returned home.
On Monday's episode of "The Ariel Helwani Show," Poirier showed us what he received from his 8-year-old daughter, Parker, when he walked through the door, and it's sure to make your heart melt.
'She hates curse words and stuff like that, so she doesn't like the BMF belt. But she gave me this. She made me this for me," Poirier said. "I don't have the BMF, but I got the BDE. … Where the BMF belt was gonna go, I got this bad boy.
"This is a one of one right here: Best Dad Ever belt.'
Poirier, 36, retired after fighting professionally since 2009, including more than 14 years in the UFC. While he claimed the interim lightweight title in 2019, Poirier went on to come up short in three attempts at winning the undisputed title – against Khabib Nurmagomedov (September 2019), Charles Oliveira (December 2021), and Islam Makhachev (June 2024).
But does any of that matter anymore? He's got a homemade belt from his little girl that he can proudly display. Nothing tops that!
