Dustin Poirier confirmed that he couldn’t come to terms to face Tony Ferguson
Ariel Helwani was the first to break the news that the fight between Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier was off.
This was going to be a huge clash as Ferguson is a former interim UFC Lightweight champion while Poirier also held the title.
The pair have never faced off in the Octagon but this was going to be Ferguson’s return fight since losing to Justin Gaethje for the interim title.
Poirier had looked good since defeating Dan Hooker and this would have been his second fight since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
However, the Diamond claimed that the deal for the fight wasn’t right and this clash was cancelled.
One reason the fight is off is due to the money. The UFC has had problems with several stars in recent months regarding the pay they get from fights.
Jon Jones and Jorge Masvidal have spoken about this in the past while Henry Cejudo might have left the sport just for that.
Poirier is one of the biggest names in the promotion and many fans spoke about this aspect of the UFC.
While the UFC rakes in money, they aren’t giving a fair share of it to the stars who do the action.
Poirier had spoken with ESPN a day back and confirmed that he wanted to be compensated fairly:
“I just need to be compensated if they want this fight,” he said. “Simple as that.
“I’m a prize fighter and the prize needs to be right.”
This fight was to take place on the same card as the one where Khabib fought against Gaethje for the Lightweight title.
There were also plans that either Poirier or Ferguson would step up if the main eventers would back out, but this isn’t going to happen anymore.
Many UFC fans were upset at missing out on the clash, they supported Poirier’s stance in all this:
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