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Dustin Poirier admits he is ‘p****d off’ at himself for accepting Colby Covington fight and explains U-turn, as he brands rival ‘a fake who is everything I dislike about MMA’
- Dustin Poirier had initially claimed he would never fight Colby Covington
- ‘I’ve been saying I don’t want him to make a dollar off of fighting me’, he said
- But UFC offered bout and he accepted rather than wait a long time for bout
- He added: ‘If it does happen, it’s not a fight where I’m going to take any damage’
Dustin Poirier has explained his dramatic U-turn to accept a proposed fight with bitter rival Colby Covington.
‘Diamond’ previously declared that the only way he would scrap with ‘Chaos’ would be in a car park because he refused to allow him to make money in the octagon.
But that all changed when the UFC came calling to offer the welterweight bout.
Charles Oliveira defeated Dustin Poirier and ‘Diamond’ has not fought since
Poirier reversed his decision not to fight Colby Covington and accepted a potential bout
He told the MMA Hour: ‘I don’t hate anyone, but if there was a line right before hate, Colby’s standing right there. I really dislike the guy, and I’ve been saying I don’t want him to make a dollar off of fighting me, but they offered me him last week…
‘It was either wait to the end of the year and fight for a No. 1 contender at lightweight, or fight in July, and that was the name that they gave me. So I was like, ‘F*** it.
‘So that’s not a call out of him. I’m not going out of my way. I don’t want to fight the guy. I don’t want him profiting anything off of me, but if they’re not giving me a fight until the end of the year and this is what they’re giving me, I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do.
‘I fought in December. I don’t want to…
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