Dustin Poirier Opens Up About Max Holloway Title Fight
Dustin Poirier opens up on fighting UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway for the interim UFC lightweight title. This fight will serve as the headliner of the UFC 236 pay-per-view event. This marks Holloway making the move to 155 lbs to fight “The Diamond.”
Poirier has picked up some big wins over top names including ex-champ Anthony Pettis, ex-WSOF champ Justin Gaethje, and ex-UFC champ Eddie Alvarez.
The title contender recently did an interview where he opened up on how this fight came about.
“I’m not sure (how this happened),” Poirier told MMAjunkie. “I don’t know. I don’t make the decisions. I don’t even know what happened. Honestly, these last few months I’ve been kept in the dark, really. I’ve been here seven weeks now in South Florida at my spot training. Not in a training camp preparing for anything, but just learning and staying on the mats. I just felt like something big was coming, and I decided to stay here. Good thing I did because I got the call for this one.”
“It’s going to come down to me being ready for the opportunity again,” Poirier said. “I’m going to need to be ready to rock. A lot of responsibility is going to come with that belt, and I understand that. I’m going to need to be by the phone, ready to go when the champ comes back and is ready and unify the belt. That’s just what we’re going to do. I’m going to enjoy that weekend, enjoy that next week and then get back to normal life, which is this. I’ll be ready for that when the call comes.”
The UFC 236 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the the UFC’s streaming service, Fight Pass.
