![[WATCH] Dustin Poirier Teaches Jumping Guillotine Choke & Puts Reporter To Sleep](https://www.bjjee.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Dustin-Poirier-showing-a-guillotine-choke-on-reporter.jpg)
Dustin Poirier might be known for his knockout power, but there’s another move he can’t resist going for: the guillotine.
Over the years, Poirier has made a habit of jumping on the submission, despite the fact that he’s never actually finished anyone with it inside the UFC octagon.
That hasn’t stopped it from becoming one of his most recognizable (and meme-worthy) techniques among UFC fans.
But while it might be a running joke, it’s still not something you’d want to be caught in.
Just ask MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn, who recently experienced firsthand what happens when Poirier locks in that guillotine during a demonstration.
Poirier explained the setup:
So here – arm in, normal grip. Come this side, normal grip.
I would jump full guard, kind of crunch, and cut these airways off.I’m going to shake my own hand here, grab my own hand, go full guard.
I think Grant might have showed me this originally. Grant Dawson showed me this originally.
He continued:
Then I showed Chris Duncan, and he hit it twice in a row… Chris got that guillotine choke in his fight.
After being put to sleep, Bohn shared what the experience felt like:
I don’t know – I just remember being in the arm and then like kind of closing in.
I was holding it, and then, yeah, next thing I knew, I was on my back and they were holding my legs.
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