Dustin Poirier is confident that he won’t backtrack on his decision to walk away from MMA.
After being arrested last month, Poirier admitted that he’s battled along with his retirement while attempting to transition right into a recent phase of his life.
There are countless examples of fighters ending their careers by continuing to compete once they’re clearly past their best.
Poirier didn’t win his last fight but he still had certainly one of the few perfect send-offs and he’s sticking to the plan of not breaking that.
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Dustin Poirier remains to be confident he won’t be certainly one of the fighters who backtrack on retirement
Earlier this 12 months, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje each commented on the prospect of a trilogy fight between them.
Poirier pitched a fourth meeting with Conor McGregor as one other matchup that would tempt him to come back back just last week.
Despite expressing some interest in these huge marquee matchups, together with the one which got away from him, a clash with Nate Diaz, ‘The Diamond’ remains to be confident he won’t return.
The previous interim lightweight champion is perhaps fighting how much time he has on his hands now he’s not specializing in becoming the perfect fighter he can, but that’s not a great enough reason for him to reverse his decision.
“That day in Recent Orleans once I was celebrated, we buried that man. I’m not certainly one of these guys that probably are going to come back back,” Poirier said on The Ariel Helwani Show. “In mixed martial arts, we see it on a regular basis. Guys lay the gloves down after which three months later they’re boxing or they’re doing something. I don’t think, , I’m like 90% sure, 95% sure, that I’m never gonna fight again.”
Fellow legend Frankie Edgar shared advice for Poirier when chatting with Bloody Elbow last week.
‘The Answer’, who retired in 2022, spoke about how leaning on his family and organising his own gym have helped him to fill the void that stepping away from fighting left behind.
Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier already agreed that they wouldn’t fight one another again
After watching his former opponent win the undisputed lightweight title, Dustin Poirier said he’d fight Justin Gaethje for a 3rd time if he got a “realistic” offer.
‘The Diamond’ also revealed that accepting this return offer would mean going back on a handshake deal he made with ‘The Highlight’.
Poirier recalled that the last time he saw Gaethje in person, they agreed that they wouldn’t put their families through a trilogy.
He specifically remembered Gaethje telling him, “I’m cool with the 1-1 for those who are,” referencing how each men hold a knockout win over one another.
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