Dustin Poirier tells wild story about Nate Diaz and UFC 279
In a recent appearance on The MMA Hour, Poirier explained how the fight with Diaz nearly happened after Chimaev’s weight miss.
“I accepted a fight against him on 24 hours’ notice, I was gonna fly to Las Vegas and weigh in on the same day, the night of the Khamzat [Chimaev] stuff,” Poirier explained. “It’s a crazy story the way it worked. [Coach] Mike Brown flew in on Thursday to Louisiana, just to come visit. We went to dinner and went to sleep. Friday morning, a bunch of missed calls and texts…my management, Hunter [Campbell], everybody from the UFC reaching out ‘Hey, he’s not going to make weight. Can you make 170?’…I had to do a Zoom call, I have an Android so I had to use my wife’s phone…
“I’m Facetiming with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, stepping on the scale so I can show them I could make weight safely. I’m like 176, I was gonna be 170 the same day. I was gonna fly out the next day…they somehow switched it up. He fought Tony [Ferguson], and then [Kevin Holland] fought Khamzat at a different weight. They switched it around, but I was in and I was gonna go.”
Poirier has expressed interest in facing Diaz if the Stockton star returns to the UFC. Diaz defeated Poirier’s teammate, Jorge Masvidal, in a boxing match last weekend.
Poirier is one of the greatest fighters of all time and has proven himself as an ‘Any time, any place’ athlete. He and Diaz nearly broke the internet at UFC 279 before the promotion went in another direction.
