Slated to return subsequent weekend at UFC 302, former interim light-weight champion, Dustin Poirier has shut the door on a fourth struggle with three-time foe, Conor McGregor – claiming the “ship” has sailed proverbially on their heated rivalry.
Poirier, the present quantity 4 ranked light-weight challenger, is about to return subsequent month in the primary occasion of UFC 302, headlining in New Jersey in his third pursuit of an undisputed crown as he takes on pound-for-pound primary, Islam Makhachev.
As for McGregor, the previous two-division champion has been out of motion for nearly three-years, having remained sidelined since he headlined UFC 264, fracturing his left tibia and fibula in a primary spherical physician’s stoppage TKO loss to Poirier.
Himself slated to return subsequent month at UFC 303 throughout Worldwide Combat Week, McGregor is about to tackle soon-to-be common-foe, Michael Chandler in a welterweight conflict, snapping his long-standing hiatus from energetic competitors.
Dustin Poirier shuts door on fourth Conor McGregor conflict
And sharing his need to spherical out his heated three-fight rivalry with Poirier within the type of a fourth conflict regardless of dropping two of three matches up to now, McGregor’s hopes have been dashed by the Lafayette native, who claims he desires no a part of that “vitality” in his life anymore.
“I believe that ship has sailed,” Dustin Poirier informed ESPN of a fourth struggle with Conor McGregor. “All I need is the UFC light-weight championship. I don’t really feel the necessity to struggle him once more in any respect. I don’t want that vitality in my life.”
Incomes his title struggle with Makhachev in Newark again in March, Louisiana fan-favorite, Poirier turned in a rallying win over the surging, Benoit Saint Denis – defeating the Frenchman with a spectacular second spherical knockout win in Miami.
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