Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier virtually ended up having their fourth struggle in the course of a packed Las Vegas conference middle this previous weekend.
Each males had been in attendance on the NACS Present, the place representatives from U.S. comfort retailer and gasoline stations collect to dealer product distribution offers. McGregor was pushing a brand new Bucked Up Infamous Buck power drink, whereas Poirier was repping a number of sponsors.
McCormick Place Conference Heart is large, however not sufficiently big for the 2 of them. Footage from Full Ship captured the second the place Conor was instructed Dustin noticed their entourage and “went the opposite means.”
“Oh, he’s right here?” McGregor replied with chuckle. “No means!”
McGregor didn’t appear too bothered by the presence of “Diamond,” regardless of their final in-person interplay being … heated, to say the least. And on the most recent episode of The Ariel Helwani Present, Poirier additionally laughed the near-encounter off earlier than admitting issues would have popped off in the event that they’d truly come head to head.
“I had simply completed my signing for Celsius and I’m companions with a seltzer firm referred to as HOP WTR, so I used to be strolling over to their sales space to satisfy some individuals,” Poirier recounted. “And Conor was behind me, apparently.”
“My agent was strolling behind me and grabs me. Conor may’ve seen the again of my head, I don’t know. I didn’t see him. My agent grabbed my shoulders and mentioned, ‘This technique to the best, to the best.’ … And as soon as we obtained away from all people he was like, ‘Dude, we virtually had a giant downside.’ And that’s what that was.”
“We simply have such a protracted historical past, he mentioned some foul issues,” he continued. “You ever watched Household Man? when Peter and the rooster run into one another? They go on this loopy struggle, they’re falling down hills, they’re preventing for an hour. That’s what would have occurred. Yeah, for certain [we would have fought].”
“If we might’ve made eye contact, if our eyes had met, it will have been unhealthy, in all probability.”
Previous the potential of a random brawl, Poirier isn’t too keen on a fourth struggle with McGregor. He’s at present entertaining the concept of two extra fights as a substitute of ‘uno mas,’ and shared a listing of potential opponents. McGregor was not certainly one of them.
“Dude, I don’t know if he’s ever going to struggle once more,” he mentioned of the Irish sports activities star.