‘I’ve Got to Do What I’ve Got to Do’- Dustin Poirier Explains His Change of Tunes Over the Colby Covington Fight

Dustin Poirier, the former interim lightweight champion, recently explained why he changed his mind on the welterweight clash against his rival Colby Covington.

The Californian native Covington recently defeated his arch-nemesis Jorge Masvidal inside the cage at UFC 272. Later, he called out his other rival, the Louisiana lightweight fighter Dustin Poirier, while taking a jibe at the latter’s family.

‘Chaos’ and ‘The Diamond’ have been exchanging verbal jabs with each other ever since Covington left the American Top Team Gym. And even though they are bitter rivals, Poirier wasn’t interested in fighting him inside the cage.

However, now ‘The Diamond’ has changed his mind and is willing to fight Covington on 30th July. In a recent episode of MMA Hour, Poirier explained the reason behind his decision.

He said, “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,” Poirier added. 

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“I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do, I fought in December, I don’t want to sit in a holding pattern for 10-11 months. I’m healthy and I want to fight.” Poirier concluded.

Why Dustin Poirier vs. Colby Covington can be one of the best fights this year

One of the biggest selling factors about this fight is the animosity between these two former teammates. Both have taken nasty digs at each other in several of their media appearances. Hence, UFC fans will be excited about this fight.

Moreover, Poirier after failing to get the lightweight gold, Poirier is interested in moving to the 170lbs category. And Covington can serve as one good opponent for him.

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Also, currently, both ‘Chaos’ and ‘The Diamond’ are some of the best fighters in the promotion. Hence, we can expect heavy fireworks inside the UFC cage if this fight comes to fruition.

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