Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has been continually linked with a championship siege against undisputed titleholder, Islam Makhchev ever since his March knockout win over Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 299. And has now confirmed he will stand opposite the Russian next.
Poirier, the current number three ranked lightweight contender and a former interim gold holder under the banner of the promotion, most recently co-headlined UFC 299 last month in a high-stakes clash against the above-mentioned, Saint Denis.
And returning to the winner’s enclosure following a hellacious high-kick KO defeat to two-time foe, Justin Gaethje last summer, Lafayette striker, Poirier turned in a second round rallying stoppage of his own, snapping the winning and finishing spree of Nimes native, Saint Denis.