“I assumed it would be so.
Coming out after such a break and against such an opponent is a risk, it was necessary to build a return more systematically.
And he went out and got on Porier, "TASS quotes Gabdullin.
He also noted that if Poirier lost without a chance to Khabib Nurmagomedov, this does not mean that this should have happened in the battle with McGregor.
"Today's fight threw McGregor back at least two years ago," added Gabdullin.
Poirier knocked out McGregor in the second round at UFC 257 and took revenge for the loss six years ago.
The Irishman had never lost by knockout before.
After the fight, he expressed his intention to meet with Poirier for the third time in the octagon.
For McGregor, this was the fifth defeat with 22 MMA wins.
Poirier won 27 career victories with six losses.
Previously, a video of Porier's knockout in a duel with McGregor was published.