Dustin Poirier is an American professional mixed martial artist, who is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and competes in the Lightweight division. He has been trained at Gladiators Academy under retired MMA fighter Tim Credeur. Besides his outstanding victories and amazing performance, Poirier has got multiple inks on his body. He is known to have received his first tattoo at the mere age of 14 years. Let us explore his body inks and their meanings.got his first tattoo at the age of 14 years.

“I never planned any of these, like it was always just in the moment like i wanted to get another tattoo and i just did it.”

When asked about the inspiration of having these many inks he said,

“In Louisiana lot of guys had tattoos before they were 14 and they were covered with the whole of them, they were made at house and were done by tattoo guns. I started getting too until my mother told me to stop and make it official if I want to get tattoos by getting it done from some tattoo parlour and avoid getting some skin disease.”

“When I used to look at my grandfather, he was in the navy, he was a gentleman and his chest his legs were covered in tattoos, there were tattoos all over his chest.”

CHEST TATTOOS

1. ‘Daughter’s Name’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Right over the top of his right pec, Dustin has got the name of his first child i.e his daughter’s name inked, which can be read as Parker Noelle Poirier who was born on August 20, 2016.

“I have got four women’s names inked on my body because I have been brought up by women and I think they are powerful.”

2. ‘Tiger Stripes’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The complete skin of his left pec is inked with tiger stripes followed by three Japanese characters inside them.

Meaning: The tiger stripes represent that he is a fighter and a warrior and always wishes to win in his fights. The three Japanese characters on his chest say bushid? (???, “the way of warriors”).