Dustin Poirier takes brutal swipe at Conor McGregor as fourth fight speculation mounts

Dustin Poirier slammed Conor McGregor amid growing speculation the two could meet in the octagon for a fourth time.

McGregor and Poirier have been involved in an entertaining trilogy with the American winning twice. McGregor has not fought since his loss to Poirier in 2021.

And now that Poirier is on the verge of retirement, speculation is mounting that he will hold out for one more fight if it is against his old foe.

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The 35-year-old recently rekindled his war of words with McGregor by posting on X: “Hey @TheNotoriousMMA it felt so good I did it twice”

Poirier also shared a photo of McGregor on the ground after his defeat in January 2021.

McGregor was scheduled to return to action against Michael Chandler this past weekend but pulled out of the fight with a broken toe and Chandler has indicated he wants to reschedule his fight with Conor McGregor within the next two weeks.

No date has been set for the rescheduled fight, with UFC CEO Dana White insisting it won’t take place before November.

But McGregor claims he will be ready by August or September – and Chandler believes his future will be clear soon. “I think we’ll know a lot in the next week or two about how this is going to play out,” he said.

“I’ve been asked that question a lot over the last year, about a timeline. Is there a certain date (to move on from McGregor)? When do you pull the plug? When do you, you know, put a And I haven’t really thought about it, but I know that information is going to come my way soon, and we’ll figure it out.”

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