UFC president Dana White is already thinking about a fourth fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor after UFC 264.
After the trilogy fight between Poirier (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) and McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ended following the first round due to a leg injury from “The Notorious,” White thinks a fourth fight might be necessary.
Although it seemed like a winning result was trending in Poirier’s direction, McGregor has already made it clear he doesn’t think it was a clean outcome.
White appears to agree, and while McGregor’s timeline is unknown as he heads into surgery, he thinks another matchup would be logical.
“The fight didn’t get finished,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight at UFC 264. “You can’t have a fight finish that way. We’ll see how this whole thing plays out. Who knows how long Conor’s out, so Poirier will do his thing until Conor’s ready.”
White said that during McGregor’s recovery period, he intends to set up a lightweight title fight between Poirier and Charles Oliveira. He doesn’t know when that will happen, but it could potentially take place within the year.
As far as when another Poirier and McGregor fight could happen, White said he has no further information about it.
“You can’t do the hypotheticals in this sport,” White said. “It’s all about timing, what’s going on, what’s happens since then. Conor goes into surgery tomorrow. We don’t know long how he’s going to be out. How much his rehab and therapy he’s going to need.”
Dana White targets Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 4: ‘The fight didn’t get finished’
