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Early this Sunday morning, the first battle took place on the “battle island” in Abu Dhabi in Lithuanian time. UFC 257 Pay-Per-View Tournament Featuring Former American Lightweight Champion Dustinas Poirier (27-6, 1 no winner) in the second round he eliminated the former Irish champion from two different weight classes, who returned to the cage after a year off Conorą McGregorą (22-5) and responded to him for 2014. He suffered the loss at lightweight.
In a post-fight press conference, Poirier alluded to the possibility of concluding a trilogy with C. McGregor and revealed Nate’u Diazu: “I’d be interested in a third fight with Conor, and I’ve always wanted to kick Nate Diaz’s butt.”
It seems that N. Díaz heard the speech of a potential opponent and expressed his desire to fight D. Poirier on the Twitter network.
“I’m training now to kick your butt. Don’t talk, do it,” wrote N. Diaz.
Now I’m training to scream your ass.
Be about that, don’t talk about it 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/M7FKHvIbFu– Nathan Díaz (@ NateDiaz209) January 24, 2021
Such a fight wouldn’t make much sporting sense in light of the UFC rankings, but given the current turmoil in the lightweight category, Poirier could probably afford to fight Diaz until a decision is made. Chabibo Nurmagomedovo situation and the UFC will decide who will fight for the belt.
By the way, D. Poirier and N. Diaz had to discover the relationship in 2018 at the UFC 230 tournament in November. Then, less than a month before the tournament, Poirier reported that he was injured. The fight was canceled and the athletes turned in different ways.
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