It appears the wheels are spinning on a possible UFC occasion in New Orleans.
Throughout a September assembly of the Louisiana State Boxing & Wrestling Fee, members mentioned how the UFC was excited about heading to New Orleans someday in 2025, in accordance with state information obtained by MMA Junkie.
The fee additionally indicated that the occasion, ought to it occur, may happen within the first quarter of the yr and have Dustin Poirier.
Nonetheless throughout an interview Wednesday with Uncrowned, Poirier appeared to point the occasion won’t occur till later within the yr.
Poirier, 35, seems to be to bounce again from a failed title bid vs. Islam Makahchev in June. He teased a possible retirement after that struggle, but it surely seems new life has been breathed into his profession with a possible Louisiana send-off.
“Simply how this factor unfolds, we’ll see after I do retire,” Poirier mentioned. “It may very well be uno mas, it may very well be dos mas. I had a superb assembly on the UFC headquarters. I used to be on the market with Celsius at a commerce present and I had a superb assembly. So I may come again. My purpose is to get a struggle and an occasion right here in Louisiana, whether or not that’s Lafayette, Louisiana or New Orleans. I need to lay the gloves down the place I began combating. That’s my purpose.
“Simply opponent availability, what is smart. Behind the scenes, and other people don’t perceive this, these exhibits are booked a yr prematurely. I feel every week in the past, we had been talking about it, and he was already booked with pay-per-views via August. It’s exhausting to only throw issues collectively final second. It takes a number of planning. There are a number of transferring elements with these huge UFC occasions. However my purpose is to take my gloves off in Louisiana and retire at residence.”
Random tidbit I got here throughout. Louisiana state information say its fee just lately mentioned how the #UFC is contemplating bringing a PPV occasion to New Orleans. Maybe a Dustin Poirier homecoming? pic.twitter.com/pkdiIYw4Ek
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) October 15, 2024
Ought to the UFC contact down in Louisiana, it’ll be the ninth time the state has hosted the promotion general – however the first since a Dan Henderson vs. Tim Boestch-headlined card in June 2015.
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