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Retired Poirier was booked at approximately 6:38 p.m. local time and Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Poirier hasn\u2019t directly addressed the incident. However, a recent \u201cLove you all. I\u2019m working on myself,\u201d Poirier wrote.<\/p>\n Ben He was having a good time at the airport. \u2014 Funky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Benaskren) <\/center><\/p>\n Poirier announced his retirement from MMA following a unanimous Editor\u2019s Note: This item was updated at approximately 5 p.m. ET Retired UFC fan favorite Dustin Poirier was arrested in Georgia on Sunday for public drunkenness, according to TMZ Sports. Poirier was booked at approximately 6:38 p.m. local time and released shortly after 10 p.m. The circumstances surrounding the fighter\u2019s arrest are currently unclear. Poirier made a court appearance on Monday morning. Public drunkenness is categorized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUFC<\/a> fan favorite Dustin
\nPoirier<\/a> was arrested in Georgia on Sunday for public
\ndrunkenness, according to TMZ Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nreleased shortly after 10 p.m. The circumstances surrounding the
\nfighter\u2019s arrest are currently unclear. Poirier made a court
\nappearance on Monday morning. Public drunkenness is categorized as
\na misdemeanor in Georgia and carries a punishment of up to one year
\nin jail and $1,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\u2018Working on Myself \u2018<\/h2>\n
\npost on his Instagram Stories could be related.<\/p>\n
\nAskren<\/a> has since added some more details to the alleged
\nincident. The UFC, Bellator and ONE Championship veteran shared a
\nbrief video, claiming that Poirier was wrestling at the Atlanta
\nairport.<\/p>\n\n
\nWrestled some of my friends \ud83d\ude02 https:\/\/t.co\/D1GMLNsEmc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Hi4R5U0i5N<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJune 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\ndecision loss to Max
\nHolloway<\/a> in a farewell fight at UFC 318 last July. The
\n37-year-old Louisiana native enjoyed a decorated career that saw
\nhim challenge for lightweight gold on multiple occasions. He earned
\nnotable wins over the likes of Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> (twice), Holloway (twice), Eddie
\nAlvarez<\/a>, Justin
\nGaethje<\/a>, Anthony
\nPettis<\/a>, Jim Miller<\/a>,
\nDan
\nHooker<\/a> and Benoit St.
\nDenis<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n
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