It appears the wheels are spinning on a possible UFC occasion in New Orleans.
Throughout a September assembly of the Louisiana State Boxing & Wrestling Fee, members mentioned how the UFC was fascinated with heading to New Orleans someday in 2025, based on state data obtained by MMA Junkie.
The fee additionally indicated that the occasion, ought to it occur, may happen within the first quarter of the yr and have Dustin Poirier.
Nevertheless throughout an interview Wednesday with Uncrowned, Poirier appeared to point the occasion may not occur till later within the yr.
Poirier, 35, appears to be like to bounce again from a failed title bid vs. Islam Makahchev in June. He teased a possible retirement after that combat, nevertheless it seems new life has been breathed into his profession with a possible Louisiana send-off.
“Simply how this factor unfolds, we’ll see after I do retire,” Poirier stated. “It might be uno mas, it might be dos mas. I had a great assembly on the UFC headquarters. I used to be on the market with Celsius at a commerce present and I had a great assembly. So I may come again. My objective is to get a combat and an occasion right here in Louisiana, whether or not that’s Lafayette, Louisiana or New Orleans. I need to lay the gloves down the place I began combating. That’s my objective.
“Simply opponent availability, what is smart. Behind the scenes, and folks don’t perceive this, these exhibits are booked a yr prematurely. I believe every week in the past, we had been talking about it, and he was already booked with pay-per-views by August. It’s arduous to only throw issues collectively final second. It takes a variety of planning. There are a variety of transferring elements with these large UFC occasions. However my objective is to take my gloves off in Louisiana and retire at residence.”
Random tidbit I got here throughout. Louisiana state data say its fee just lately mentioned how the #UFC is contemplating bringing a PPV occasion to New Orleans. Maybe a Dustin Poirier homecoming? pic.twitter.com/pkdiIYw4Ek
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) October 15, 2024
Ought to the UFC contact down in Louisiana, it’ll be the ninth time the state has hosted the promotion total – however the first since a Dan Henderson vs. Tim Boestch-headlined card in June 2015.
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