Dustin Poirier was watching UFC 308 and the thrilling occasion gave him some concepts for his subsequent battle.
In the beginning, Poirier is excited about a battle with both featherweight champion Ilia Topuria or Max Holloway, a declaration he made on social media following the conclusion of Saturday’s UFC occasion in Abu Dhabi.
Topuria defended his title in beautiful style with a third-round knockout of Holloway—a feat that made him the primary fighter ever to complete Holloway by way of strikes—and afterwards steered he would rematch Alexander Volkanovski, who was current to step into the cage and congratulate the featherweight king.
Nevertheless, Topuria has made it clear he intends to maneuver to light-weight sooner or later and Poirier needs to be on the listing of potential opponents.
“I need Max or Topuria,” Poirier wrote on social media, later including, “He’s an incredible boxer, let’s throw them issues” presumably nonetheless speaking about Topuria.
He is an incredible boxer let’s throw them issues
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) October 27, 2024
Poirier additionally talked about the opportunity of combating Holloway, an opponent he holds two wins over in a pair of memorable contests. The fan favorites first fought at UFC 143 in 2012, when Holloway was simply 5 fights into his professional profession, and it was Poirier who walked out with a first-round submission win.
They rematched seven years later at UFC 236, that point for an interim light-weight title. Poirier once more emerged victorious, successful a unanimous choice over Holloway in the most effective fights of 2019.
Poirier is coming off of a fifth-round submission loss to light-weight champion Islam Makhachev, a outcome that left him with loads of choices however no clear path again to a title shot. It seems that “The Diamond” has a number of concepts to make sure that he stays close to the highest of the marquee.
