Adesanya: Dustin Poirier Truly Embodies the Champion Spirit in UFC

The 35-year-old former UFC middleweight champion from Nigeria, **Israel Adesanya**, had kind words for former interim UFC lightweight champion **Dustin Poirier**.

“Dustin is a UFC champion, regardless of the circumstances. He has a title hanging at home or in the gym that marks him as a champion of the league. Those who try to label him as just an interim champion need to realize this: if you were once an interim champion, then you were a champion. People like that would be lucky to have even half the career in MMA that Dustin has,” Adesanya stated, as reported by Championship Rounds on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter).