{"id":123215,"date":"2014-12-19T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=123215"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:00:52","slug":"poirier-returning-lightweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/poirier-returning-lightweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier Announces Move To Lightweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Poirier2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119937\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Poirier2.png\" alt=\"Poirier2\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Poirier2.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Poirier2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Poirier2-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top 5 UFC featherweight fighter, Dustin Poirier has decided to move up in weight.<\/p>\n<p>The American Top Team fighter took to twitter to make the news, and then later clarified on Instagram as to why.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;@FrigUrself: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DustinPoirier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DustinPoirier<\/a> are you moving up to LW?&quot; Yes<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DustinPoirier\/status\/545771116808372224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And the Explanation:<\/p>\n<p>&lt;blockquote class=&#8221;instagram-media&#8221; data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=&#8221;4&#8243; style=&#8221; background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% &#8211; 2px); width:calc(100% &#8211; 2px);&#8221;&gt;&lt;div style=&#8221;padding:8px;&#8221;&gt; &lt;div style=&#8221; background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;&#8221;&gt; &lt;div style=&#8221; background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt; &lt;p style=&#8221; margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;&#8221;&gt; &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/wywqe6IPrV\/&#8221; style=&#8221; color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;&#8221; target=&#8221;_top&#8221;&gt;This is why I&amp;#39;m moving up! 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