‘The Diamond’ desires to exit in style by taking up some fellow legends of the fight game.
Dustin Poirier has made it clear that he only has one or two fights left in MMA before he hangs up the gloves for good.
With one eye on retirement, the previous UFC interim lightweight champion desires to make certain that he makes these final few walks count by having his last couple of fights be worthy of his great profession.
Due to this fact he’s targeting some fun matchups against fighters that he deems to be of equal stature reasonably than taking up a rising contender like he did when facing Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 last March.
Poirier recently said in an interview that Paddy Pimblett, for instance, isn’t of interest to him on this final chapter of his profession and ‘The Baddy’ has bit back.
Paddy Pimblett and Nate Diaz slate Dustin Poirier not wanting to fight ‘The Baddy’
After Dustin Poirier said that his next fight actually won’t be against Liverpool’s Paddy Pimblett, he received a response from a former rival.
If there’s one fight that it’s a shame we never got to see from ‘The Diamond’ during his incredible UFC profession it’s a matchup with Stockton’s Nate Diaz.
The 2 men were booked to face each other at UFC 230 in 2018 however the fight never ended up coming to fruition and there was tension between them ever since.
Diaz hit out at Poirier on Instagram, writing on his story that Pimblett is best than him.
‘The Baddy’ ended up sharing the identical post, referring to Diaz as a “real G” whilst referencing how Poirier fought Saint-Denis when he was #12 within the rankings only one 12 months ago.
‘The Diamond’ responded to each men in an Instagram post where he said that they’re only using his name to generate headlines, once more stating that it’s “legends only!”
Dustin Poirier is certain to have his eye on a key matchup at UFC 313
Attributable to his legend criteria, there aren’t a ton of options for the ultimate fights of Dustin Poirier’s profession.
Two names that may fit the bill are matched up with each other for a five-round co-main event at UFC 313 next month in Las Vegas.
Each Justin Gaethje and Dan Hooker have gotten history with Poirier having produced a few of one of the best fights lately against the previous interim champion.
Whilst the winner of that fight is perhaps pushing for a title shot, it will make loads of sense for Poirier to face either man in a rematch before he hangs up the gloves.
