What a fight and what a performance from Poirier.

Chandler’s stock hardly takes a hit there, but Poirier re-establishes himself at the top of the division.

Dustin Poirier def. Michael Chandler via third-round submission (rear naked choke, 2:00).

Poirier vs Chandler – Round 3

Final round! Poirier kicks low. He switches stances. Chandler kicks to the body then lifts Poirier and takes him down!

Poirier reverses the position as he hits the mat, though, and starts to pour on strikes! Now he takes Chandler’s back! Wow!

Rear naked choke is locked in... CHANDLER TAPS!

It could be 19-19 after two rounds, or even 19-18 to Chandler.

Poirier vs Chandler – Round 2

Chandler with hammer fists now, but he’s warned for striking the back of Poirier’s head.

This is a great round for Chandler. It could even be a 10-8...

Poirier vs Chandler – Round 2

Chandler presses forward, backs up Poirier, then takes him down. Chandler is straight into full guard. This should give him an extra few moments to recover.

Chandler is leaking blood onto Poirier’s face... but Poirier is unperturbed, trying for a triangle choke!

Chandler escapes and takes the back! He’s looking for a rear naked choke...

Poirier is face-down. Chandler is too high on the back, though. Good defence from Poirier, who is able to twist free.

His back is against the cage, with Chandler back in his guard.

Poirier vs Chandler – Round 1

Poirier tries to stand, but Chandler slams him back down with a German suplex! Poirier does well to stand again, though.

Now he backs up Chandler! Both men land huge punches!

A hook drops Chandler to a knee! Poirier is picking his shots well! Chandler makes it to the buzzer, somehow!

A wild end to a wild round. Somewhere in there, there was a clash of heads.

Poirier vs Chandler – Round 1

Chandler is bouncing around, coming forward. Now Poirier backs him up in measured fashion. Chandler sees a right cross blocked as he steps in. Harsh body kick from Chandler.

Poirier jabs to the body. Chandler smashes a low kick into Poirier’s shin but sees it checked! Ouch.

Chandler comes forward with a flurry of punches, but Poirier stays calm... He eats four big right hands, though!

Now here comes Poirier with a cross from southpaw. Now Chandler loads up with wild hooks, missing with each...

This is fun but also rather tense. A clean right hook connects for Poirier, then an outside low kick. Chandler’s face is sporting burising already.

Again Chandler comes forward with big punches! He’s landing over and over! Now he takes down Poirier against the fence!

This one should produce fireworks.

Here. We. Go.

Meanwhile, Chandler’s compatriot Poirier is a former interim UFC lightweight champion.

The 33-year-old failed to unify the belts against then-champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2019 but went on to record back-to-back wins against Conor McGregor last year.

In his last bout, in December, Poirier was submitted by Oliveira while challenging for the lightweight gold again.