{"id":754596,"date":"2026-06-23T07:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/754596\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T07:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:46:17","slug":"dustin-poirier-mugshot-released-after-public-drunk-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/754596\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier mugshot released after public drunk arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC interim <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/lightweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lightweight<\/a> champion Dustin Poirier was arrested Sunday evening in Georgia on a misdemeanor public drunk charge, with his booking photo surfacing a day later.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier was processed at 6:38 p.m. ET on June 21 and released around 10:15 p.m. the same night, TMZ Sports first reported. The 37-year-old appeared in court Monday morning, though details surrounding the circumstances of his arrest have not been disclosed. His mugshot shows visibly bloodshot eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier addresses arrest on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after word of the booking spread, Poirier posted a brief message on Instagram. &#8220;Love you all,&#8221; he wrote, per MMA Mania. &#8220;I&#8217;m working on myself.&#8221; Former fighter Ben Askren later claimed on social media that Poirier was &#8220;having a good time at the Airport&#8221; before the arrest and had wrestled with some of Askren&#8217;s friends.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier retired from mixed martial arts last July after losing to Max Holloway at UFC 318. He walked away with a 30-10 record and one no contest, having beaten Holloway twice earlier in his career along with victories over <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/justin-gaethje\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Gaethje<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/eddie-alvarez\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Alvarez<\/a>, and Michael Chandler. He never won an undisputed UFC title despite two shots at the <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/lightweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lightweight<\/a> belt.<\/p>\n<p>Public drunkenness in Georgia carries a potential fine and jail time upon conviction. Poirier&#8217;s next court date has not been announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sources-heading\">Reported via:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/452615\/pic-ufc-legend-dustin-poiriers-bloodshot-eyed-mugshot-surfaces-after-public-drunk-charge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Mania<\/a> \u2014 Pic: UFC legend Dustin Poirier\u2019s bloodshot-eyed mugshot surfaces after \u2018public drunk\u2019 charge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier was arrested Sunday evening in Georgia on a misdemeanor public drunk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-754596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}