Nate Diaz shouldn’t be sending Dustin Poirier into retirement in the identical method most of his fellow fighters are.
Poirier makes his remaining stroll to the UFC octagon one final time this Saturday as he faces Max Holloway for the BMF title in the primary occasion of UFC 318. Poirier’s retirement battle takes place in entrance of a house crowd at Smoothie King Middle in New Orleans.
Diaz and Poirier have been purported to battle at UFC 230 in November 2018, however a hip damage pressured Poirier out of the bout. Forward of the final dance for “The Diamond,” Diaz gave his personal type of remaining ideas about Poirier’s profession in basic Diaz vogue.
“How about when DP pulled out of battle with me to get p*ssy surgical procedure,” Diaz wrote on Twitter.
Poirier returned to the octagon the next April at UFC 236 and captured the interim light-weight title with a call win over Holloway of their second assembly.
Since their battle fell via, Poirier remained hopeful a battle with Diaz can be rebooked, as he stated in a number of interviews. Now it seems the showdown between Poirier and Diaz can be a battle that didn’t materialize as Poirier ends his profession this weekend in a trilogy bout with Holloway.