UFC Fighter Dustin Poirier: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me (I Bit Someone After Meeting Mike Tyson!)

18.12.2022 - 17:33 / usmagazine.com

UFC fighters are just like Us! Dustin Poirier exclusively opened up to Us about his career, favorite foods — and his biggest celebrity crush.

“Growing up, Pamela Anderson was the closest person I had to a celebrity crush,” Poirier, 33, shared in the latest issue of Us Weekly. When it comes to his biggest starstruck moment, however, the martial arts expert revealed that he was most overwhelmed while meeting Mike Tyson earlier this year.

“Funny thing is, I went on to bite someone later that night,” he added, referring to 56-year-old Tyson’s infamous ear-biting incident in June 1997.

Poirier, who was born in Louisiana, dropped out of high school after repeatedly getting into fights. In 2009, the athlete turned his experience professional and joined the UFC, quickly compiling a record of 7–0 in his first year.

In 2019, he became the Interim UFC Lightweight Champion — his “proudest moment,” he gushed to Us — and is currently No. 2 in UFC lightweight rankings as of May.

When it comes to preparing for a fight, Poirier — who revealed that his alternate profession would be a chef — is all about fueling up the right way with New Orleans cuisine. (The philanthropist even has his own hot sauce line, Poirier’s Louisiana Style Hot Sauce, which was created in partnership with Heartbeat Hot Sauce and pays homage to his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana.)

“My favorite thing to cook is anything Cajun! Jambalaya to gumbo, I love it all,” he told Us, noting that his go-to cheat meal “is a burger and onion rings.”

Outside of the ring, Dustin revealed that being a father to daughter Parker Noelle, 6, whom he shares with wife and childhood sweetheart, Jolie Poirier, is his top priority. “I love everything about being a girl dad. It’s incredible,” the