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“I’m just waiting. I’m just waiting to talk to them.”
Dustin Poirier vs. Tony Ferguson appears all but confirmed at this point but, according to a recent interview on the UFC Unfiltered podcast, ‘The Diamond’ still hasn’t been offered a contract.
“I don’t have a contract yet,” Poirier said (h/t MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew). “I saw Dana talking about it. I know that they want it. I know they want it on the same card as Khabib and Gaethje. I’m just waiting. I’m just waiting to talk to them.”
Despite this Poirier, who recently beat Dan Hooker in a Fight of the Night epic at UFC on ESPN 12, has already started training for the bout and expects the fight to take place in the UFC 254 co-main event on Oct. 24.
“When the rumbling started, when they started talking about it, I booked the flight. I’m in Florida right now,” he said. “I just got done with wrestling practice a couple of hours ago. I came to Coconut Creek. We’re eight weeks out this week, so better safe than sorry. Dana knows my number. If we get this fight made, I’m already here, training. If not, I fly back to Louisiana and we’ll see what happens.”
The main event will see reigning, undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov take on Justin Gaethje in a title unification bout and, the way Poirier sees it, he’ll be participating in a lightweight tournament, of sorts, on October 24.
“If they do it on the same night, it’s like a lightweight tournament. First bracket.”
UFC 254, which is one of the most highly anticipated UFC events of the year, will take place at a TBD location.