Veteran UFC fighter Dustin Poirier says he gained’t retire on a shedding file, along with his newest loss coming to Islam Makhachev in June previous this yr.
Dustin Poirier Refuses To Retire
Regardless of shedding 3 of his closing 5 fights within the UFC, Dustin Poirier is eager not to cross out on a loss and so the 25-year-old is refusing to retire no less than till he choices up his subsequent win.
Talking on a podcast previous this week, Poirier stated he was once as regards to retiring after the Makhachev combat however as his accidents handed, he modified his thoughts and were given motivated once more.
“The shift must be internally, for what the incentive for preventing is. As a result of if it’s now not in regards to the international name, why am I preventing?
“And after the Islam combat, after I were given again house, I believed: ‘Possibly that is it?’ A couple of weeks went by means of, accidents began hurting much less and no more post-fight, and I used to be like: ‘I’ve were given to try this once more.’”
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) June 8, 2024
Poirier’s loss to Makhachev was once his 3rd defeat in an undisputed name bout, having additionally misplaced to champions Charles Oliveira and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“I’ve by no means misplaced two in a row, I will be able to’t depart this game on a loss. However on the identical time, I need to be 100 according to cent in it if I’m going to do it once more, as a result of I don’t need to disrespect the game. I honour these items, I do. I simply need to do it proper and get my hand raised and depart on my phrases with a win.
“However that’s no ensure. I may return in the market and anyone may whip my ass. That’s the item.”
Even supposing it’s extremely not going he’ll ever combat in any other name matchup once more, Poirier nonetheless has some massive names in thoughts for his subsequent and in all probability ultimate ever combat.
When requested who he would combat in his subsequent doable bout, Poirier agreed to an inventory of names together with Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor, Alexander Volkanovski, Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira, and Colby Covington.
Dustin Poirier says those might be doable fighters in his subsequent combat:
💥 Nate Diaz
💥 Conor McGregor
💥 Alexander Volkanovski
💥 Justin Gaethje
💥 Max Holloway
💥 Charles Oliveira
💥 Colby CovingtonAny of those fights can be can not omit 🙏 %.twitter.com/FL8ISfLaON
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 16, 2024