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UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier was very close to fighting Nate Diaz<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The Stockton native headlined UFC 279 earlier this month on pay-per-view. However, Diaz didn’t get the opponent he originally signed up for. The fan-favorite was first set to face Khamzat Chimaev in the main event.<\/p>\n

However, after ‘Borz’ badly missed weight, the headliner fell apart. Due to that, the UFC was forced to get creative. In the end, the card had a full re-shuffle, that saw Tony Ferguson<\/a> bumped from the co-main event to a five-round bout with Diaz.<\/p>\n

At the event, Nate Diaz defeated ‘El Cucuy’ by fourth-round submission. With that, the 37-year-old was able to ride off into the sunset, and cap off his UFC career. Diaz has recently stated that he aims to box next, and has a possible showdown with Jake Paul around the corner.<\/p>\n

While the new UFC 279 main event was well received by fans, it almost didn’t happen. In an interview with Heavy Sports<\/em>, Dustin Poirier discussed how he almost got the short-notice call-up after Khamzat Chimaev missed weight.<\/p>\n

As ‘The Diamond’ explained, he accepted the fight against Nate Diaz. Poirier also noted that he had a pilot on standby and that the UFC was on board. In the end, complications with the athletic commission led the promotion to settle on Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt [phone call with UFC] was good. It was surprising,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cMy coach Mike Brown just flew into Louisiana the night before, and it was his birthday. So, I ate some pasta, so I was a little bit heavy the morning they called. Then they offered me the fight and I accepted it. They had to go through hurdles with the athletic commission to try to make this thing happen, for me to fly over same day.” (h\/t MMAMania<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u201cLuckily for me, I have some friends who have the ability to \u2014 and pilots \u2014 get me to Vegas on very short-notice time, so I had that set up. Everything was good to go. But I think it ultimately came down to the athletic commission,\u201d Poirier continued. \u201cTony had already weighed in and they wanted to go that way instead. But I did accept, and I did speak to the UFC, and they were very thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think about Dustin Poirier’s comments? Would you have rather seen him fight Nate Diaz? Sound off in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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