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Dustin Poirier says coach has warned him against accepting Colby Covington fight

There are no boundaries when it comes to controversial welterweight Colby Covington.

That’s why American Top Team (ATT) coach Mike Brown has advised Dustin Poirier against fighting Covington on July 30th. Not because Poirier isn’t capable of beating Covington but rather because ‘The Diamond’ would have to endure at least two months of trash talk from ‘Chaos’ in the lead-up to UFC 277.

And, judging by Covington’s previous comments, things would get personal. Perhaps too personal.

“Mike Brown called me the other day and was like, ‘DP, if you take that fight, it’s gonna be two months of that, of them talking about your family and making this stuff up.