Conor McGregor wants Dustin Poirier to square up and meet him in the center of the octagon when they battle for a third time this summer.
Their series was tied at one win apiece at UFC 257 this past January, when Poirier avenged a September 2014 loss with a second-round TKO of McGregor. The two are now booked to settle the score at UFC 264 on July 10.
Unsurprisingly, the build for the fight has begun well in advance, with the two recently lobbing shots at each other over Twitter. Addressing the eight-year anniversary of his UFC debut, McGregor recalled the hard work that took him to the top of the UFC mountain and he vowed to take the same approach to what he calls his “comeback fight” against Poirier.