Dustin Poirier changes his mind and opens the door for a duel against his rival Colby Covington

D. Poirier opened the door for a duel against C. Covington (Photo: Montage/SUPER FIGHTS)

Jorge masvidal may be the biggest, but it wasn't the only disaffection left by Colby covington upon his departure from American Top Team. Former interim lightweight champion (up to 70,3 kg), Dustin poirier He has already spoken several times about what he thinks about his former teammate, even denying any possibility of facing him in the Octagon. The lack of options, however, may have changed the idea of ​​“Diamond”.

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Poirier claimed that he would never face Covington because he wouldn't want his rival to make money by facing him. During his appearance on the podcast “MMA Hour”, on the North American website “MMA Fighting”, however, “Diamante” revealed that he changed his mind and opened the door to a possible confrontation in July.

“I don't hate anyone, but if there's a line right before hate, Colby is right there. I really dislike the guy and I've been saying I don't want him to make a single dollar fighting me, but they offered me the fight last week. It was either wait until the end of the year and fight for the number one contendership at lightweight or fight in July, and that was the name I was offered. So f*** it,” he revealed.

In addition to the clear enmity involved, a meeting between Dustin poirier e Colby covington it would also represent a duel between two fighters who trained together and know each other very well.

“I'm angry with myself for saying I accept the fight. Not that I care about this guy and his skills, but I don't want the son of a bitch to prosper because I said yes to a fight against him (…) At least, if it happens, it's a fight in which I don't I will suffer no harm. He's everything I don't like about mixed martial arts. He's a cartoon character. Everything he does is for one click, one view, nothing is authentic. He's good at wrestling, he's tough, but he's a fake. He knows what happened at the gym. I won't say what happened, but he knows. He knows he took me down and dominated me for a few rounds, but he also knows what happened to him a few times. I don't want my family to go through this, but I want to fight. Give me a fight”, concluded Poirier.