After barely six months of retirement, Dustin Poirier has already told fans he’ll return to fight considered one of his most famous foes.
The legendary former UFC star held interim gold back in 2019, but failed in his three efforts to assert the undisputed belt over the next years. He hung up his gloves back in July in a Louisiana homecoming where he lost a trilogy bout to Max Holloway for the BMF title.
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Poirier has had many great feuds over time, facing Holloway thrice in addition to a variety of record-breaking pay-per-view headliners with Conor McGregor. Now, he wants yet another trilogy to finally settle an old rating.
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After his final effort to assert the large one resulted in submission against Islam Makhachev, it became clear that there weren’t going to be many more Dustin Poirier fights. He ended up going out on a loss to Holloway at UFC 318, despite feeling he could still compete at a high level.
He was capable of quit the game after giving it his all for nearly 20 years and clawing his method to the lightweight division’s summit three separate times. But one rating stays unsettled; his series of fights with Justin Gaethje.
Their first meeting in 2018 was a classic, going three intense rounds before a fourth round KO for ‘The Diamond’. Nonetheless, after they fought again five years later ‘The Highlights’ lived as much as his name as he claimed the BMF belt with a surprising head-kick knockout.
And after watching Gaethje win the interim lightweight title at UFC 324, former Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson declared that he would love to see a trilogy between the pair. Poirier stoked the flames further when he replied on Instagram, writing: “I’ll come back for that one.”
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The important thing phrase appears to be his shortening of “I’ll”, indicating that it’s a serious consideration, versus it being a theoretical comeback he would love to make for an unlikely fight.
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Unfortunately, evidently Gaethje is headed for a light-weight title unification against Ilia Topuria later this 12 months. He insisted that he was ‘100 per cent’ after last night’s bout, and plans will likely get underway soon for that bout.
Topuria is currently out coping with personal issues, but has promised fans he could return any time between April and June. And with the UFC White House card still with out a predominant event, there could possibly be an appetite to headline with two star strikers.
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