Despite accepting the offer to confront Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor still forced the UFC to meet his timing requirements.
Latest update on the top of Conor McGregor with UFC, recently, the Irish puncher has agreed to request a rematch with Dustin Poirier as the tournament offers.
However, “The Notorious” confirmed that he wants to appear in the end of 2020 instead of early 2021 as President Dana White expected.
Conor wrote on Twitter:
“I accept UFC’s proposal to play you, Dustin, but tell them the game has to be in 2020. I’m ready on 21 November if any injury comes up first. then, December 12 or 19 is fine. Of course, I will still contribute 500 thousand dollars to your Good Fight Foundation. ”
Thus, both Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor have agreed to rematch. This is good news for Dustin Poirier, because the American puncher has just had a chance to revenge the defeat 6 years ago, getting closer to the title competition. In addition, his charity fund will also receive a large donation.
“I play for a lot of things, but nothing more than the changes and results brought to the Good Fight Foundation. Conor’s generosity was an indescribable source of help. I agree, Conor agrees, let’s go now UFC. ” – Poirier replied in the most recent post.
Despite the consent of both punches, UFC has not responded to this condition of Conor. Because President Dana White had previously affirmed that Conor will not be able to perform this year.
On Conor’s side, the UFC star must be spending the beginning of 2021 in a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao that was announced before.
Currently, UFC has announced to leave the main match at UFC 256 at the end of December this year, moving the title match Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns to 2021. This could also be an opportunity to rematch Conor vs. Dustin 2 was played as desired by two punchers.
