Veteran UFC fighter Dustin Poirier says he received’t retire on a shedding file, together with his newest loss coming to Islam Makhachev in June earlier this 12 months.
Dustin Poirier Refuses To Retire
Regardless of shedding three of his final 5 fights within the UFC, Dustin Poirier is eager to not exit on a loss and so the 25-year-old is refusing to retire a minimum of till he picks up his subsequent win.
Talking on a podcast earlier this week, Poirier mentioned he was near retiring after the Makhachev combat however as his accidents handed, he modified his thoughts and bought motivated once more.
“The shift must be internally, for what the motivation for combating is. As a result of if it’s not in regards to the world title, why am I combating?
“And after the Islam combat, after I bought again house, I believed: ‘Perhaps that is it?’ A couple of weeks glided by, accidents began hurting much less and fewer post-fight, and I used to be like: ‘I’ve bought to do that once more.’”
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— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) June 8, 2024
Poirier’s loss to Makhachev was his third defeat in an undisputed title bout, having additionally misplaced to champions Charles Oliveira and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“I’ve by no means misplaced two in a row, I can’t depart this sport on a loss. However on the similar time, I need to be 100 per 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 assure. I might return on the market and anyone might whip my ass. That’s the factor.”
Though it’s extremely unlikely he’ll ever combat in one other title matchup once more, Poirier nonetheless has some enormous names in thoughts for his subsequent and probably closing ever combat.
When requested who he would combat in his subsequent potential bout, Poirier agreed to a listing of names together with Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor, Alexander Volkanovski, Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira, and Colby Covington.
Dustin Poirier says these may very well be potential opponents in his subsequent combat:
💥 Nate Diaz
💥 Conor McGregor
💥 Alexander Volkanovski
💥 Justin Gaethje
💥 Max Holloway
💥 Charles Oliveira
💥 Colby CovingtonAny of those fights could be cannot miss 🙏 pic.twitter.com/FL8ISfLaON
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 16, 2024
