Dustin Poirier refuses to let MMA retire him.
After establishing himself as one of the crucial thrilling and beloved fighters of the previous 13 years, “Diamond” locations his gloves eternally in his hometown of New Orleans. However not earlier than headlined one other pay-per-view occasion.
This Saturday, Poirier will shut out each his profession and trilogy with former featherweight King Max Holloway together with his BMF title crash at UFC 318.
At 36, Poirier nonetheless competed on the prime of his sport, not too long ago taking former light-weight champion Islam Makhachev to the fifth spherical earlier than succumbing to Darse Chok. However as a substitute of permitting the game to determine when it is time to go away, the previous interim title holder has taken his future in his personal arms and chooses to retire whereas he nonetheless has loads of fights left for him.
“I do not need sports activities to chew me,” Poirier stated at UFC 318 Media Day. “I wish to go away. I do not wish to retire it.”
“At any time when I noticed my identify on a struggle card, I knew it could be conflict. I hope folks bear in mind me as a warrior. I did not reduce corners. I all the time gave all of it.”
Dustin Poirier can spherical out his profession with a clear sweep of Max Holloway
In additional than 30 UFC battles, Poirier fought the perfect wars and wars in enterprise, together with the Korean Zombies, Eddie Alvarez, Anthony Pettis, Justin Geshe, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler and Conor McClegor.
He already entered the retirement match 2-0 towards Holloway, overwhelmed “blessings” with a 2012 submission and a unanimous choice in 2019.
