Dustin Poirier has accepted the challenge laid out by former teammate Colby Covington at UFC 272.<\/p>\n
Covington had called out Poirier following his unanimous decision victory over Jorge Masvidal at March\u2019s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat fight needs to happen. He\u2019s talked too reckless in the media, he\u2019s said \u2018it\u2019s on sight\u2019 and the last time he was talking to you clickbait merchants he was saying \u2018oh I\u2019m not gonna fight Colby in the Octagon<\/a> where there\u2019s finances on the line, I\u2019m gonna fight him in the streets and we\u2019re both gonna go to jail\u2019. It\u2019s funny, it\u2019s very ironic because he talks about being a family guy, a good guy, but he wants to fight me in the streets and potentially go away from his family. Dustin Poirier has all these stipulations to fight me, I just have one stipulation \u2013 my one stipulation is he lets the world watch and enjoy themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n While Poirier\u00a0(28-7 MMA) originally dismissed Covington\u2019s callout by suggesting he go fight a welterweight contender<\/a>, he has since had a change of heart.<\/p>\n \u2018The Diamond\u2019 took to Twitter on Friday evening where he verbally accepted Colby\u2019s challenge to throw down, pinning UFC 277 on July 30th as the fight date.<\/p>\n .@ColbyCovMMA<\/a> July 30th i accept<\/p>\n — The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) May 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n