UFC president Dana White and former champ champ Conor McGregor recently engaged in a Twitter spat, leading to McGregor declaring that he was boxing Manny Pacquiao in the Middle East, and McGregor and Dustin Poirier agreeing to an "exhibition" ***wink wink*** fight for charity.
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1311362118457978884
During a Wednesday interview with Barstool Sports, White addressed both the boxing and the charity "exhibition" talk.
“No, Conor and I have not talked outside the public stuff,” said White, as transcribed by Damon Martin for MMA Fighting. “I don’t know if you just saw, the Saudis went after Conor basically said that’s a lie that fight [boxing vs. Manny Pacquiao] is happening and you better take that down in the next 15 minutes and we’re going to sue you. He took it down. You don’t see the poster anymore about him and Pacquiao that he posted.
“Then he called out Poirier with Conor in Dublin for charity. So we offered them both a fight. We offered Dustin and Conor a fight so we’re waiting to hear back from both of them.”
https://twitter.com/SpinninBackfist/status/1311325940748820481
Reportedly no formal offer has been extended, but Poirier was in without hesitation.
https://twitter.com/DustinPoirier/status/1311331520523665409
Poirier had been in negotiations to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 254, but it fell apart, reportedly over money. Fighting "The Notorious" is a Red Pany Night, so obviously "The Diamond" wants in. Poirier is likely all the more interested as he fell to McGregor in 106 seconds at UFC 178 on September 27, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Matchmaking in the UFC is in no small part driven by fan interest, so an obvious question to fans on The UG, is do they want to see a Poirier vs. McGregor rematch? If not, or if maybe, who do you more want to see McGregor fight tha Poirier? Or, are you tired of Conor McGregor, and fine with him swim off into the MMA sunset in a sea of whiskey?