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Dustin Poirier confirms plans for fighting return at UFC 300 next year: ‘It’s kind of a cool opportunity’

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Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has confirmed his plans to make a fighting return as soon as two months time, however, claimed a comeback at UFC 300 in April of next year most definitely an “enticing” option for him.

Poirier, a former interim lightweight titleholder and the current number three ranked divisional challenger, has been sidelined since he featured in the main event of UFC 291 back in July in Salt Lake City, suffering a staggering second round high-kick KO loss to Justin Gaethje in the pair’s symbolic BMF championship rematch in ‘The Beehive State’.