Dustin Poirier could have his UFC swan tune already lined up.
After arising quick towards Islam Makhachev final summer time, ‘The Diamond’ confirmed that he had another battle in him earlier than laying down his gloves. Since then, followers have been chomping on the bit to seek out out who Poirier’s final stand could be towards.
Properly, we could now know because of light-weight contender Beneil Dariush, who revealed that the discuss across the water cooler factors straight towards a long-awaited trilogy battle between the 2 high-octane scrappers.
“My understanding is Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway are gonna battle,” Dariush advised Submission Radio. “That’s what I’m listening to. I don’t know if it’s 100% sealed and achieved, however that’s what I’m listening to.”
Chael Sonnen corroborates Dariush’s Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway 3 claims
Including gas to the fireplace was Chael Sonnen. Throughout a latest episode of Good Man/Unhealthy Man with co-host Daniel Cormier, ‘The American Gangster’ echoed rumors of Poirier vs. Holloway 3 taking place in New Orleans this summer time. Moreover, Sonnen added that if the battle involves fruition, it will likely be for the BMF title.
Holloway and Poirier first met greater than a decade in the past at UFC 143 when ‘The Diamond’ scored a triangle armbar submission victory over ‘Blessed’ within the first spherical.
Seven years later, they’d run it again at UFC 236 for the interim light-weight championship. Poirier would as soon as once more come out on prime, defeating Holloway by way of unanimous choice in what was dubbed among the best MMA fights of 2019 and nonetheless sits because the fifth-greatest light-weight conflict of all time, per Tapology.
