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Lafayette’s Own Dustin Poirier Wins UFC Title
Not just Louisiana, but Lafayette owns two UFC titles now.
Lafayette owns UFC 236. Current Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was commentating and proudly wore the Acadiana flag after the fight. Lafayette’s own Alan Jouban fought (and in a very controversial split decision, lost) but Poirier won the night.
Congratulations to Dustin “Diamond” Poirier on his epic win!
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