Dustin Poirier reveals one other opponent he would make UFC return to fight after Justin Gaethje call

Dustin Poirier has revealed that he can be willing to get back into the octagon against Nate Diaz after retiring last yr.

It hasn’t even been 12 months since Poirier hung up his gloves following a loss to Max Holloway in his home state of Louisiana. But he has already entertained comeback bouts with Justin Gaethje and now long-time rival Diaz.

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Poirier and Diaz were because of fight at Madison Square Garden back in 2018, but it surely fell apart after the pair had faced off at a launch event. Since then, they’ve remained enemies but have been unable to get a fight booked.

Dustin Poirier willing to return to the octagon for Nate Diaz showdown

For the very best a part of a decade, Dustin Poirier vs Nate Diaz has remained a dream fight for fans despite never really seeming like a practical prospect. And one might need assumed that the previous’s retirement or the latter’s decision to fight on Netflix might need officially killed the concept altogether.

Nevertheless, on a brand new episode of Paramount’s Deep Waters podcast, Poirier confirmed that he would entertain making a return to motion if Diaz became a viable opponent. Jorge Masvidal – who fought the Californian in each boxing and MMA – suggested the matchup and it clearly excited his co-host.

“Man, I still need to whip Nate’s a–,” Poirier noted, before Din Thomas claimed Diaz was ‘the one guy you’d come back for’. “I’d come back to fight him since it got away and he lied and the fans were on his side.

“The UFC knew I used to be going to fight Nate during our first matchup at Madison Square Garden but Nate was having trouble along with his negotiation. I don’t know what was happening but UFC called me and said ‘hey, we would like to maintain you on the Madison Square Garden card, would you fight so-and-so?’

“I said ‘listen, if it’s not Nate I’m not fighting. I’m going to go and have my hip taken care of. If it’s Nate I’ll fight. They offered me Kevin Lee, they offered me just a few other names I said ‘I’m going to go have surgery on my hip’.

“Then Nate used that to make use of me as just like the fall guy, fight’s off because I pulled out. But I never pulled out I just didn’t need to fight anyone but Nate. Why not?”