{"id":105818,"date":"2014-07-21T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T22:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=105818"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:50:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:50:43","slug":"poirier-slams-mcgregor-ill-be-the-first-real-fight-he-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/poirier-slams-mcgregor-ill-be-the-first-real-fight-he-has\/","title":{"rendered":"Poirier Slams McGregor: I&#8217;ll Be The First Real Fight He Has"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/poirier-brandao-said-he-would-stab-me-in-the-neck\/dustin-poirier-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79928\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"dustin poirier png\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dustin-poirier-png-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC Featherweight Dustin Poirier is less than pleased with the hype surrounding Conor McGregor.  Poirier has been campaigning for a shot at McGregor via Twitter, a fight McGregor says Poirier &#8216;doesn&#8217;t really want&#8217;.  Regardless, Poirier spoke on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/7\/21\/5923787\/dustin-poirier-ill-be-the-first-real-fight-conor-mcgregors-ever-been\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a> about a potential matchup with McGregor.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Right off the bat I\u2019ve been fired up about this guy,&#8221; he told host Ariel Helwani. &#8220;I\u2019ve been in this division since the WEC merged. I\u2019ve paid my dues, and I\u2019ve stayed quiet and busted my ass, day in, day out, won the fights I needed to win, and I\u2019ve had some tough fights. I feel I need to be up there. I need to be up there where people are talking about me. [McGregor\u2019s] name and the featherweight title should never come out of anybody\u2019s mouth. I can\u2019t believe the hype he\u2019s getting.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To tell you the honest truth, I think I should be fighting Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes, Cub Swanson again\u2026I should be fighting the top guys,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But, I\u2019ve asked for those fights and haven\u2019t got them. So what should I do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The Irish fans] definitely are passionate about their guys, and I don\u2019t know if Twitter has a limit of blocks you can do, but I\u2019ve got to be close to it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because man, I\u2019ve been getting so many hate messages and this and that, and that\u2019s cool. Build him up. It\u2019s going to be that much sweeter when I stand over him. This guy is not who you think he is. I\u2019m the man in this division, and I\u2019ve very confident in my skills and I feel more dangerous than ever.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This guy said he\u2019s going to take everyone\u2019s head off, well come get it Conor. I\u2019m waiting. I\u2019m ready. I want it to be a five-round fight. I want to show my heart in this fight. I want him to show his. And I\u2019m going to be victorious, I know it.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Poirier was then asked if he believed &#8220;Notorious&#8221; was a top ten fighter, to which Dustin responded:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;No, no,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Not even top ten. I will be the first real fight he\u2019s ever been in.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like he\u2019s disrespecting the whole featherweight division, and nobody\u2019s going to step up and put this guy down and shut him up?&#8221; he said. &#8220;The UFC is my house. I built where I\u2019m at from the ground up, man, and nobody\u2019s going to come in here walking around talking that trash.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Featherweight Dustin Poirier is less than pleased with the hype surrounding Conor McGregor. Poirier has been campaigning for a shot at McGregor via Twitter, a fight McGregor says Poirier &#8216;doesn&#8217;t really want&#8217;. 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