Dustin Poirier casts doubt on Conor McGregor ’s UFC return. McGregor’s most recent two appearances came against Poirier, where he was stopped in both fights. Poirier knocked out McGregor at UFC 257 in January 2021, and capped off their trilogy with another finish at UFC 264, where McGregor broke his leg in a doctor’s stoppage TKO loss in July 2021.

Despite years of bad blood, former interim UFC champion Dustin Poirier has shown respect to his rival Conor McGregor amidst his hiatus.

UFC lightweight sensation Paddy Pimblett is hoping for a historic showdown with former dual-weight champion Conor McGregor

After signing on to fight ‘The Baddy’ in April, Michael Chandler offers his thoughts on whether the Conor McGregor super-fight will ever happen.

Conor McGregor will remain among a rare list of UFC stars to hold two belts at the same time, and boss Dana White confirmed that practice is now over. With Ilia Topuira set to move up to lightweight in order to fight champion Islam Makhachev, the Georgian fighter has vacated his Featherweight title to pursue the move up the weight classes.

Dustin Poirier has not given up hope of fans seeing Conor McGregor return to the UFC. Poirier and McGregor have a long history, having faced each other three times. Poirier lost their first clash before avenging those defeats with two back-to-back wins.

When thinking of the most bitter, heated and personal UFC rivalries ever, the ones which often come to mind are Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier and Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen, however, arguably the most personal rivalry ever is Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor.

The Dustin Poirier-Conor McGregor rivalry is always going to be an aforementioned selection when MMA fans further examine the sport's history.

Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor has been one such example that still remains fresh in the minds of UFC fans. Thus, ‘The Diamond’ speaking in favor of Conor McGregor is not something anyone would expect in their wildest fantasies.