{"id":172514,"date":"2015-10-21T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172514"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:38","slug":"dustin-poirier-turned-down-replacement-fight-against-norman-parke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dustin-poirier-turned-down-replacement-fight-against-norman-parke\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier turned down replacement fight against Norman Parke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday afternoon it was announced that due to a concussion Joseph Duffy would no longer be able to compete in his &#8216;UFC Fight Night: Dublin&#8217; main event bout against Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>Following that announcement the UFC promoted Paddy Holohan vs. Louis Smolka to the main event, however before making that decision, they offered Norman Parke the opportunity to step in for Duffy and face Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>Parke took to Twitter to tell the story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewmcgahon_\">@andrewmcgahon_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaddyHolohanMMA\">@PaddyHolohanMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SevereMMA\">@SevereMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanSheehanBA\">@SeanSheehanBA<\/a> I was offered the fight..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/norman_parke\/status\/656948399909019648\">October 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SevereMMA\">@SevereMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewmcgahon_\">@andrewmcgahon_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaddyHolohanMMA\">@PaddyHolohanMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanSheehanBA\">@SeanSheehanBA<\/a> I said yes but he refused, but then again more for him to lose, I&#39;m still focused<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/norman_parke\/status\/656950539004047361\">October 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/norman_parke\">@norman_parke<\/a> this was my team&#39;s and management&#39;s decision to let the small fish go and fight Duffy when he&#39;s healthy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DustinPoirier\/status\/656955258296541185\">October 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ll wait to reschedule. This is the guy I&#39;ve prepared to fight for the last 10 weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R7l54l6ANG\">https:\/\/t.co\/R7l54l6ANG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DustinPoirier\/status\/656951197597876224\">October 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday afternoon it was announced that due to a concussion Joseph Duffy would no longer be able to compete in his &#8216;UFC Fight Night: Dublin&#8217; main event bout against Dustin Poirier. 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