DUSTIN POIRIER has ready for his needle match with Conor McGregor by revealing his intensive tattoo assortment.
The 32-year-old from Lafayette, Louisiana loves physique ink with artwork on most components of his physique.
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Lots of his artwork is deeply significant and private – whereas there are some that simply make good ornament.
He revealed in an interview with GQ that he obtained his first tattoo at simply 14 years outdated.
Poirier, who fights Conor McGregor this weekend, stated: “The place I am from in Lafayette, Louisiana a variety of guys had tattoos earlier than they had been 14.
“They had been horribly carried out by tattoo weapons, they had been made on the home from guys who discovered the artwork.
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“My grandfather was within the Navy, he was a rougher gentleman and his chest his legs had been lined in tattoos.
“The primary tattoo I obtained was after I was 14 years outdated. And it was a D on my shoulder with some flames on it and a few cube.
“I am not even certain why the cube and flames – perhaps simply being 14 years outdated.
“There got here some extent the place I saved getting these road tattoos carried out over a number of years and my mum advised me to cease.
“She stated she’d signal a consent to go to an actual tattoo store and do it legally and with an actual artist and you will not get a blood illness.”
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On his proper hand Poirier has the phrase ‘encourage’ and a crown ‘as a result of it seems to be cool’.
And on his left hand is the phrase ‘religion’ and a fleur-de-lis – which is an emblem for French royalty.
The image can be near his roots and options on the flag of his area, and in addition the close by New Orleans Saints NFL aspect.
He additionally has 4 girls’s names inked onto his pores and skin – his mum, grandma, spouse and daughter.
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Poirier defined: “I used to be raised by my mom and grandmother.
“I solely have one tattoo that was carried out outdoors Lafayette, Louisiana and that is my daughter’s identify – I obtained that carried out in Florida.
“I’ve 4 girls’s names tattooed on me as a result of I used to be raised by girls in order that’s very highly effective.”
The 32-year-old MMA fighter additionally has the date he married spouse Jolie in Roman numerals on the again of his left hand.
There’s additionally a message paying homage to his Christian religion on his left forearm ‘blood purchased, paid in full’.
Poirier additionally has a dove on his proper arm, together with a rose and rose petals falling.
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His elaborate arm ink additionally consists of Jesus, a star scene, a hearth and a phoenix to symbolize overcoming issues and rising up.
He has a Japanese masks on the within of his proper bicep and lined up the 337 space code tattoo as a result of it was ‘foolish and carried out dangerous’.
The UFC star’s left arm encompasses a tiger on his shoulder, an overview of the state of Louisiana and a magnolia.
Poirier has a tiger stripe print throughout his chest over his coronary heart, and in the midst of it’s the Bushido code.
Which means ‘manner of the warrior’ in Japanese to symbolize his fighter’s coronary heart.
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And on his right thigh, Poirier has a huge solid cross to cover up an street tattoo that went wrong when he was younger.
He said: “I never planned any of this, it was just in the moment. That week it just came to me ‘I’m going to get another tattoo’ and just did it.
“Every tattoo, I can remember what was going on in my life at the time.”
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