Diego Brandao Says He Threatened To Stab Dustin Poirier Prior To Their Fight

There were rumors that Diego Brandao threatened to stab Dustin Poirier after the weigh-inns for UFC 168. Those rumors were subsequently confirmed by Brandao on MMAFighting.com.

"He was there, bouncing at the weigh-ins, staring at me. I told him backstage 'if you ever do that again, I’ll stab you with a pen.’ That’s what happened," Brandao said.

"Every time he saw me at the hotel he kept staring at me, and I responded asked what was the problem, if he looking like that because he was hungry or what. When he got inside the cage I saw he was scared. He got lucky (to win)."

Dustin Poirier won the bout via TKO.

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