Former interim light-weight titleholder, Dustin Poirier has confirmed he may have information on his ultimate Octagon outing earlier than hanging up his gloves following a storied UFC profession.
Poirier, who retains the quantity 4 ranked light-weight challenger, has been sidelined since he took principal occasion honors at UFC 302 again in June, forcing undisputed champion and pound-for-pound primary, Islam Makhachev to the fifth spherical in an eventual D’Arce choke submission loss to the Russian.
A former interim champion, Lafayette striker, Poirier’s most up-to-date win got here within the type of a rallying second spherical strikes end win over latest UFC Combat Night time Paris headliner, Benoit Saint-Denis, halting the Nimes native’s roughshod run by means of the light-weight ranks.
Dustin Poirier confirms combat information coming quickly
And confirming plans to combat another time earlier this summer season regardless of weighing up a possible retirement from blended martial arts, Poirier confirmed on social media right now how he had information of his ultimate stroll within the promotion on the tracks.
“Combat information coming,” Dustin Poirier posted on his official X account this night.
And earlier this week, Conor McGregor — a three-time foe of the above-mentioned, Poirier revealed plans to combat him a fourth conflict sooner or later, claiming that regardless of the very fact the previous holds two wins over him of their three combat sequence, their rivalry is way from over.
We’re in search of the date,” Conor McGregor mentioned of his UFC return. Hopefully, I’d wish to sq. it away with Michael Chandler. I’d wish to get Chander in. We’ve had our beef, it’s not settled. He has a match scheduled. I’d wish to combat, possibly earlier than that or earlier than he’s recovered so there are a number of names within the line on the minute. There’s a number of names being mentioned.”
“Each of them. Each,” Conor McGregor mentioned of grudge fights with each Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz. “It’s a should, for certain. The Dustin one isn’t settled, it’s 1-1-1. And the Diaz one can also be 1-1. Two large, blockbuster matches and I’m excited to get them locked in.”
