UFC fighter Dustin Poirier was on a three-fight winning streak. Unfortunately, he was stopped by Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 via submission. As a result, people have been wondering who he will fight next. Many rumors about him facing Beneil Dariush have been around lately.

However, ‘The Diamond’ himself came forward to put the rumors to sleep. He took to Twitter and wrote, “Fake news.”

While the fighter did not directly refer to any particular rumor, his facing Dariush is the prominent one floating around. Thus, it seems like Poirier versus Dariush is a fight that won’t happen anytime soon.

Dariush, however, might be heartbroken by Poirier’s tweet. He retweeted Poirier’s tweet and added the broken-heart emoticon.

Dariush, who is on a seven-fight win streak, hasn’t been in the Octagon for more than a year. His last fight was against Tony Ferguson at UFC 262.

He even had to step down from facing Islam Makhachev because of an injury. Hence, it is not surprising for him to want to fight soon.

Poirier currently stands at number two in the lightweight division. On the other hand, Dariush ranks number six. Hence, a fight between both the top lightweights would be an exciting one to witness.

Since the Poirier-Dariush fight won’t happen, it would be interesting to see who both the fighters face upon their returns.

Beneil Dariush on fighting Dustin Poirier in the future

As reported by ‘MMA Junkie‘, UFC President Dana White was interested in re-booking the Makhachev-Dariush fight. However, Charles Oliveira and Makhachev will face each other for the vacant UFC lightweight championship at UFC 280. The fight was in the talks for a while.

Dariush was eager to fight Makhachev or Oliveira. In the conversation with MMA Junkie, he also said he wants to face Poirier after facing Makhachev and Oliveira. With the Brazilian and Russian fighters out of the picture, ‘The Diamond’ seems to interest him.

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Perhaps that’s how the Poirier versus Dariush rumors started. Unfortunately, with the former interim lightweight champion calling it ‘fake news’, Dariush might have to look elsewhere for an opponent.

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