Dustin Poirier regrets Benoît Saint-Denis' explanation for his defeat. The Frenchman had explained that his preparation had been disrupted due to staphylococcus having forced him to take antibiotics the week before the fight.
The American fighter made his opponent understand that he had to stop explaining this setback in this way. “It’s all just blah blah. We say this kind of thing when we win, we don't say it when we lose. I've been through so many battles with staph,. with a broken foot, with a lacerated bicep. That's the fight,” said the Diamond.