This is why it's never a good idea to show off during a fight

Put your hands down and fight, bro.

Dustin Poirier (20-4) and Bobby Green (23-7) took to the Octagon to open UFC 199, and we got a first-hand lesson of why it's best not to show off when you're mixing it up.

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Green did a little Muhammad Ali shuffle before the fight began, did a terrible impression of the rope-a-dope and showed off before getting pummeled.

Maybe next time, he'll think through showing off when he's actually in a fight.