Dustin Poirier could possibly be again in motion sooner slightly than later if a brand new social media put up from the UFC light-weight is any indication.
You actually must watch out with every little thing you learn on April 1st, however there was no trace of joke in “The Diamond’s” Instagram replace hinting at one other combat.
“Seems prefer it’s again to work,” Poirier wrote over a photograph of himself within the fitness center.
Dustin Poirier simply fought at UFC 299 on March ninth, the place he beat a hungry prospect in Benoit Saint-Denis. Earlier to that, we waited an extended eight months for him to return from a disappointing headkick KO loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 291. After which one other eight months earlier than that was a win in opposition to Michael Chandler at UFC 281.
The purpose is: “El Diamante” hasn’t been getting the quickest turnarounds over the previous two years. For some purpose, the UFC has struggled to determine what to do with Dustin following his two star-making wins over Conor McGregor. Poirier admitted the Saint-Denis combat was accepted solely as a result of there weren’t every other choices.
Now he apparently has choices.
A type of is a possible light-weight title combat for an upcoming UFC 302 card on June 1st in New Jersey. 155 pound champion Islam Makhachev has been agitating for a title protection, and the Newark card wants a giant major occasion. Different light-weight contenders gained’t be prepared after they compete at UFC 300 in mid-April.
So why not a ‘legend’ like Dustin Poirier?
It’s been a query followers have been repeating sufficient that maybe UFC matchmakers have began contemplating it severely. We’ll have to attend til the official announcement to seek out out, although.
