Former interim light-weight titleholder, Dustin Poirier has confirmed he could have information on his closing 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 fundamental 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 Evening Paris headliner, Benoit Saint-Denis, halting the Nimes native’s roughshod run by means of the light-weight ranks.
Dustin Poirier confirms battle information coming quickly
And confirming plans to battle yet another time earlier this summer time regardless of weighing up a possible retirement from blended martial arts, Poirier confirmed on social media at the moment how he had information of his closing 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 battle him a fourth conflict sooner or later, claiming that regardless of the very fact the previous holds two wins over him of their three battle collection, their rivalry is much from over.
We’re on the lookout for the date,” Conor McGregor stated of his UFC return. Hopefully, I’d prefer to sq. it away with Michael Chandler. I’d prefer to get Chander in. We’ve had our beef, it’s not settled. He has a match scheduled. I’d prefer to battle, possibly earlier than that or earlier than he’s recovered so there are just a few names within the line on the minute. There’s just a few names being mentioned.”
“Each of them. Each,” Conor McGregor stated of grudge fights with each Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz. “It’s a should, for positive. The Dustin one just isn’t settled, it’s 1-1-1. And the Diaz one can also be 1-1. Two huge, blockbuster matches and I’m excited to get them locked in.”
