“It's time to reach the top”

Former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has been constantly rumored to be linked with a championship fight with undisputed titleholder Islam Makhcev ever since his knockout win over Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 in March. However, he has now confirmed that he will play against a Russian next time.

Poirier, currently the No. 3 contender in the lightweight rankings and a former interim gold holder with the promotion, co-headlined a high-stakes bout with the aforementioned Saint-Denis at UFC 299 last month. .

And Poirier, the Lafayette striker who returned to the winner's enclosure last summer after suffering a horrific high-kick KO loss to two-time opponent Justin Gaethje, scored a rally stop of his own in the second round, defeating the Nîmes native. He scored the winning and finishing splash. Saint-Denis.

After his victory over the Frenchman, Poirier was offered a championship challenge against Makhachev by Russian coach and dominant mixed martial arts leader Ali Abdelaziz, and will be competing at the UFC in Newark, New Jersey in June. It is rumored that he may return to face an incumbent fighter at 304.

Poirier, who has already exchanged some words with the American Kickboxing Academy representative, claims that he has easily achieved more than Makhachev throughout their respective mixed martial arts careers, and that Poirier has never been more successful than a lightweight. He insisted that if he intended to acquire goods. You would have done that already.

Dustin Poirier admits his next fight will be against Islam Makhachev

With links to a summer gold medal fight with Makhachev, Poirier insisted he would definitely face Russia next to “reach the pinnacle” of the sport.

“Next up is Islam Makhachev,” Dustin Poirier posted on his official Instagram account. “It's time to reach the top.”