UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik sees Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje taking the “BMF” title to the next level.
Poirier (29-7 MMA, 21-6 UFC) rematches Gaethje (24-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 291 headliner at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. They will battle for the vacant “BMF” belt, which was first won by Jorge Masvidal when he scored a third-round doctor’s stoppage TKO of Nate Diaz to become the inaugural champion in November 2019.
Anik believes Masvidal and Diaz embody the “BMF” moniker, but because there are title implications between Poirier and Gaethje, he sees this matchup as a step up.
