Nate Diaz loves to stir the pot. Although Diaz is coming off a unanimous decision loss in the first non-title, non-headlining five-round bout against Leon Edwards at UFC 263, that hasn’t stopped him from calling out the biggest names around. Although the pair have never met inside the cage, Dustin Poirier and Diaz (20-13 MMA, 15-11 UFC) were once scheduled to meet at UFC 230. Unfortunately, the fight fell through due to an injury to Poirier’s hip . On Thursday evening, Diaz issued a public challenge to Poirier (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) via Twitter , in an attempt to finally throw down with Poirier: 185lbs Pull-up 185lbs Pull-up pic.twitter.com/wDJxAo1YLL — Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) July 16, 2021 Interestingly, Diaz appears to want this potential bout to take place at middleweight, unlike their previously scheduled bout that was set to take place at lightweight. Poirier is coming off a TKO victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 264, a bout that put Poirier ahead in their trilogy by winning two of the three bouts
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Nate Diaz challenges Dustin Poirier to a fight at 185 pounds: ‘Pull-up’ – MMA Junkie