Dustin Poirier went on expletive-filled rant, threatened fight before arrest in bodycam footage

Dustin Poirier did not seem happy about being removed from his flight, to say the least.Bodycam footage — shared with multiple outlets — of the former MMA star’s Sunday arrest at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport showed him getting into it with airport employees after he was not allowed to board a Delta Airlines flight.The 37-year-old, who was arrested on a public drunk charge, was seen at the beginning of the video spouting multiple expletives after he was pulled off the flight, and later seemingly threatened a responding official with a fight.“Let’s go, big dog.Let’s go, big dog.

What’s up? Buncha hos.Let’s go.

Let’s go.F–king lying motherf–ker,” Poirier could be heard saying at the beginning of the video outside of Gate D36.An employee behind him inside the airport then said Poirier was pulled off the plane.“Yeah, pulled me off the plane, all my boys went to the f–king crib.

Now, what the f–k?” he said.The employee then said the way he was acting was exactly why he was taking off the plane.A responding official then asked if the 2019 UFC Interim Lightweight champ was, in fact, Poirier.Warning: Adult Language “Man, f–k you, bro,” Poirier responded.The video shows Poirier saying “f–k you” to the people around him, then saying to the responding official, “I’ll fight you right now, I’ll go with you right now.”As the official made clear they had no interest in fighting Poirier, the fighter said, “It’s going to be bad” while holding up his fists.As the official asked Poirier to relax, Poirier responded, “You wanna fight?”Eventually, after a few more verbal outbursts, Poirier was arrested by police and even gave a fist bump to the official who responded to the scene.

Poirier told the official they did a “great job.”On Tuesday, the Atlanta Police Department confirmed the arrest.“The primary responding officer recognized Mr.Poirier from his professional fighting background and requeste...