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It’s taken several weeks to get to this point, but UFC president Dana White has finally verified that the UFC 257 headlining rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier has actually been tattooed by both celebrations.
How the Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier rematch came together?
Following months of aggravation over his UFC scheduling and restrictions coming from the coronavirus pandemic, McGregor revealed his retirement in June of2020 He never ever left the UFC screening pool, which kept him eligible to return at a moment’s notice.
While he was retired, McGregor teased a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao and after that established a mixed martial arts exhibition bout with Poirier. The exhibit bout was to take place in Dublin in December and also consisted of a promised large contribution to Poirier’s charitable structure.
UFC president Dana White caught wind of the exhibit and offered McGregor an Poirier a main bout in the Octagon. They had to traverse a couple of bumps and stones, the bout was lastly agreed upon and now signed.
How did Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier’s very first battle decrease?
The very first fight in between McGregor and Poirier took place more than 6 years earlier on Sept. 27, 2014, at UFC 178 in Las Vegas. It took McGregor just 1: 46 to put Poirier on the back foot and land a left hook that finished the fight.
See McGregor vs. Poirier I below.
That was the third bout of McGregor’s UFC period. He would quickly go on to end up being the featherweight and light-weight champion. His variety of bouts inside the Octagon has slowed substantially as his stature has grown.
McGregor battled a blockbuster boxing launching opposite unbeaten world champ Floyd Mayweather. He lost the bout, which occurred on Aug. 26,2017
McGregor has actually fought twice in the Octagon because the bout with Mayweather, losing his bid to reclaim the UFC light-weight title from Khabib Nurmagomedov and after that stopping Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in 40 seconds to begin2020
Poirier has combated numerous more times than McGregor given that their first bout. He has actually gone 10 -2 -1 because, including ending up being the interim UFC lightweight champ. Poirier failed to defeat undisputed champ Nurmagomedov when they battled at UFC 254 in September of2019
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