On the UFC ranking Lightweight, Beneil Dariush is ranked 4th. He is behind Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Charles Oliveira and defending champion Islam Makhachev. Among the punches in the top 5 UFC now, Beneil Dariush is the only one who has never encountered Dustin Poirier. That made Iranian boxer trapped at No. 4.
In the context of Dustin Poirier who is healing and has not been able to return in the near future, Beneil Dariush seems to constantly show that he wants to fight Poirier to divide high and low. “Is it not good to play, or the level is poor? The answer is probably because I am not so famous as others,” Dariush shared.
Next, Dariush added: “If Poirier only plays famous boxers, he should consider retiring. The boxers must play big battles to have reputation. There are talented boxers who will emerge in the near future, and not many people to Poirier bully, like Michael Chandler.”
In the last competition, Dariush defeated Mateusz Gamrot to have the 8th consecutive victory in the UFC arena. Meanwhile, Poirier only found the feeling of victory after defeating Michael Chandler relatively easy. Earlier, he had missed the opportunity to compete for the championship because he lost to Charles Oliveira.
Over the past 2 years, Dariush has been unlucky to constantly miss the opportunity to compete with big opponents. He should have played Islam Makhachev in February in addition to the year at UFC Fight Night 202. However, the Iranian boxer finally had to withdraw 2 weeks before playing because of knee injury.
Beneil Dariush has nearly 10 years of experience in UFC. His wife is Victoria Vu, a Vietnamese -American. They were officially married in February 2020 and had two daughters. She used to work in some large businesses, but after getting married, Victoria decided to retreat to the rear to help her husband.