{"id":39819,"date":"2026-08-05T03:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Mateusz-Gamrot-credits-Dustin-Poiriers-energy-ahead-of-UFC-Vegas-120-202221"},"modified":"2026-08-05T03:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:25:56","slug":"mateusz-gamrot-credits-dustin-poiriers-energy-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/mateusz-gamrot-credits-dustin-poiriers-energy-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Mateusz Gamrot credits Dustin Poirier\u2019s energy ahead of UFC Vegas 120"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mateusz-gamrot-credits-dustin-poiriers-energy-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-120.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mateusz-Gamrot-90605\">Mateusz<br \/>\nGamrot<\/a> is looking to feed off <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Poirier-50529\">Dustin<br \/>\nPoirier<\/a>\u2019s energy in his upcoming bout in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gamrot (26-4) is scheduled to headline <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-284-Gamrot-vs-Salkilld-112957\"><br \/>\nUFC Fight Night 284<\/a> against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Quillan-Salkilld-300317\">Quillan<br \/>\nSalkilld<\/a> (12-1) on Aug. 8 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The Polish<br \/>\nlightweight\u2019s <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fightfinder.php?search=yes&amp;association=American%20Top%20Team\"><br \/>\nAmerican Top Team<\/a> teammate, Poirier, will serve as a desk<br \/>\nanalyst for the event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Mateusz Gamrot explains why Dustin Poirier\u2019s energy could help<br \/>\nagainst Quillan Salkilld<\/h2>\n<p>Gamrot recently recalled his conversation with Poirier about his<br \/>\nteammate attending the upcoming Fight Night. He claimed that having<br \/>\nhis teammate in attendance will only boost his performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Poirier brings] energy, crazy energy, every day attitude,\u201d Gamrot<br \/>\ntold Full Send MMA. \u201cHe texted me and said he wants to come to my<br \/>\nfight this Saturday in Las Vegas. I texted him back, \u2018Bro, if you<br \/>\ncome, you give me 100% more power.\u2019 If Dustin comes to this fight,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll be immortal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this will be Poirier\u2019s first gig as a desk analyst since<br \/>\ngetting arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International<br \/>\nAirport on a charge of public drunkenness this past June. The UFC<br \/>\nand Paramount+ have backed the former interim champion, unlike Bud<br \/>\nLight, which ended its partnership with him.<\/p>\n<p>Gamrot is 2-2 in his last four bouts and coming off a submission<br \/>\nwin over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Esteban-Ribovics-214867\">Esteban<br \/>\nRibovics<\/a>. Meanwhile, Salkilld is undefeated in five UFC<br \/>\nappearances, including four first-round finishes, since winning a<br \/>\ncontract on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a>. He made quick work of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Beneil-Dariush-56583\">Beneil<br \/>\nDariush<\/a> in his most recent fight this past May.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.214953271028\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6448598130841\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mateusz-Gamrot-90605\">Mateusz<br \/>\nGamrot<\/a> says there is no chance he loses to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Quillan-Salkilld-300317\">Quillan<br \/>\nSalkilld<\/a> if friend and teammate <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Poirier-50529\">Dustin<br \/>\nPoirier<\/a> shows up<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brings so much energy. He texted me and said he wants to be<br \/>\nthere. I said if you show up I\u2019ll be immortal. IGBG my man!\u201d<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cav6YHytf5\">pic.twitter.com\/cav6YHytf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/full_send_mma\/status\/2084761928896061819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nAugust 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mateusz Gamrot is looking to feed off Dustin Poirier\u2019s energy in his upcoming bout in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gamrot (26-4) is scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night 284 against Quillan Salkilld (12-1) on Aug. 8 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The Polish lightweight\u2019s American Top Team teammate, Poirier, will serve as a desk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39819","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\/39819","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=39819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}