"We offered him a fight, we got him his own date," White told ESPN. UFC 255 on November 21 was due to feature Cody Garbrandt moving down to flyweight to challenge for the title against Deiveson Figueiredo, 32. Conor came back and wants to fight Dustin, so we went out and got him his own date. Last updated 4:10 PM, Thursday October 15 2020 GMT+1.
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Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier FULL FIGHT 4# – 2020 MMA. He's been offered Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23. He claims to have beaten Poirier yet they've never met inside the Octagon. But his plan for a three-fight 'season' was dashed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tweet. "We didn't have a date this year. "But right now they have a list of events that are already booked with headliners and I think the UFC is angling for this to be a New Year's fight, somewhere in January. McGregor - who beat Poirier at featherweight in 2014 - initially challenged the American to a charity exhibition in Ireland for December. Last week, McGregor announced on social media that he had "accepted" UFC's offer but said the fight must happen on one of UFC's Nov. 21 or Dec. 12 pay-per-views. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. UFC 255 features a male flyweight title bout between Deiveson Figueiredo and Alex Perez and a female flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Jennifer Maia.
A month later, on December 12, Gilbert Burns, 34, was in line to fight welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, 33.
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But the highly-anticipated clash hasn't gone down too well with Diaz who slammed the bout on social media.
The promotion formally offered McGregor the Jan. 23 fight against Poirier late last month, shortly after McGregor proposed a charity exhibition match against Poirier in December.
One twist in all of this is McGregor has expressed interest in boxing Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao, confirming on social media recently that he is interested in facing Poirier because Poirier is a southpaw -- like Pacquiao -- with good boxing skills. He has now U-turned on that decision but also wants to return to the boxing ring against Manny Pacquiao. Conor McGregor has been told he must fight Dustin Poirier next year - or not at all. But again, Usman has pulled out leaving the PPV without a main event. He wants to fight Dustin Poirier apparently, so we went to [broadcast partner] ESPN and got him his own date. The former two-weight UFC champion has agreed to a rematch with his former rival but demanded the fight … McGregor wants to take advantage of the two UFC PPV's in November or December, after both headliners suffered setbacks. Conor McGregor def. We have our schedule laid out [and] fighters have committed to it. 23.".
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