Dustin Poirier’s recent profession enterprise may not please his ‘Notorious’ UFC enemy.
During Conor McGregor’s ongoing layoff from UFC competition, the previous featherweight and light-weight champion made his acting debut within the Road House remake.
The remake of the 1989 classic of the identical name was released on Amazon Prime Video last 12 months. While the film itself and McGregor’s performance split opinion, it still became one in every of the streaming platform’s most successful movies thus far after drawing in 80 million viewers worldwide during its first eight weeks.
A sequel is now set but might be absent of McGregor, who had his calls for a job in Road House 2 evidently fall on deaf ears.
And he may much more upset when he sees which UFC stars have replaced him…
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Dustin Poirier joins solid of Road House sequel after Conor McGregor’s snub
After the success of the remake, McGregor staked his claim for a return as ‘Knox’, the movie’s fundamental antagonist. In a post on X, the UFC’s biggest star even suggested that a second Road House can be “nothing” without his character.
Well, that’s the way in which things have gone.
As a substitute, the sequel will feature one in every of McGregor’s most bitter rivals, because the recently retired Poirier makes his first acting appearance since an uncredited cameo in Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown 14 years ago.
‘The Diamond’ has joined Jake Gyllenhaal and Dave Bautista as a part of Road House 2, marking his latest enterprise since calling time on his profession contained in the cage at UFC 318 this past July.
Poirier retired after losing to Max Holloway of their Latest Orleans trilogy fight. Along with a profession as a UFC analyst, the Louisianan is evidently seeking to branch out into acting, starting in a similar way to the controversial Irish star whom he defeated twice back-to-back in 2021.
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Michael Chandler joins Dustin Poirier and 4 other UFC fighters in recent Road House movie
Poirier won’t be the one man with a connection to McGregor featuring within the movie — or the just one with UFC experience.
Michael Chandler has also been solid amid his ongoing calls to share the Octagon with the Irishman on the White House in 2026. Chandler has been chasing McGregor for years, and he’ll now follow in his potential next opponent’s footsteps by featuring in a Road House movie.
The UFC connections don’t stop there. In addition to ex-fighter Jay Hieron returning, former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will play a component, having previously gained acting experience in Cobra Kai and Hawaii Five-0.
Woodley’s ex-title challenger Stephen Thompson joins him in the brand new Road House, as does ‘Wonderboy’s’ fellow striking specialist Michael Page.