Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier are expected to finish their trilogy this summer.
Dana White told BT Sport this week that McGregor and Poirier are motivated to go head to head again with each winning over the other.
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Conor McGregor couldn’t handle Dustin Poirier’s kicks
The rubber game makes a world of sense when you consider that it is in the top three pay-per-view scenes in UFC history.
Many thought McGregor would beat Poirier and try to set up another line with Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight title.
He also had intentions to face Manny Pacquiao in a boxing match later this year, but told talkSPORT after his loss at UFC 257 that he was now skeptical.
The Irishman had been training with a strong boxing effect leading up to Poirier’s fight and getting such a lead leg ended up costing him.
Dustin Poirier regularly brought McGregor down at UFC 257
After cutting his leg down for two rounds, Poirier killed The Notorious’s mobility and grabbed the front of the cage, tee it off and secured the knock.
McGregor was woozy – as you would expect – after the end of the fight and was very much seen in the cage.
As Poirier approached him to make sure he was okay, McGregor had two words for him.
“He’s dead,” the Irishman can be heard saying, according to Joe.co.uk, referring to his right leg, which McGregor then confirmed in his debate after a fight with John Anik.
Conor McGregor and Dustin Porier currently took over after the fight
“His foot kicks were good, my leg was dead and I wasn’t as comfortable as I needed to be. I have to take it off and come back and that’s what I do. “
McGregor camp says the former double champion has been working on how to stop Poirier next time out and Poirier says he will get into the fight with a new plan, too.
It is believed that the UFC will aim to make that fight in the summer.