‘When you have two guys and they both want it that badly, you do it’: Dana White admits he is looking to set up trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier
- Dana White wants a trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier
- White says both fighters want fight to take place and McGregor is ‘obsessed’
- McGregor beat Poirier in 2014 but the American won the rematch in January
UFC president Dana White has revealed that he is looking to set up a rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.
McGregor beat Poirier in their initial meeting in 2014 but suffered defeat when they met again in January.
White says that McGregor is ‘completely obsessed’ with the rematch, while Poirier is also eager for the trilogy fight to happen.
Dana White has admitted he is looking to arrange a trilogy fight between Dustin Poirier (left) and Conor McGregor (right)
White says he wants to set up the clash because both fighters are eager for it to happen
As reported by ESPN, White said: ‘When you have two guys, Dustin who is the number-one guy in the world and a guy like Conor and they both want it that badly, you do it, you know, you do it.’
White disclosed that McGregor is eager to gain revenge on Poirier.
In addition White teased that there could be some hugely entertaining upcoming fights to determine who the next world champion will be.
White said: ‘He’s completely obsessed with the rematch now and wants the fight back.
White says that McGregor is eager for revenge as is ‘obsessed’ with the idea of a rematch
‘What’s fun for us, being the fans, if you look at the number-one ranked guy in the world, Dustin Poirier all the way down to number seven, who I think is Rafael dos Anjos, the fights that can be made to find out who becomes the next champion are unbelievable.
‘We’re in for some incredible fights to find out which two of these guys from one to seven will square off to become the next world champion.’
In the most recent meeting between McGregor and Poirier, the Irishman impressed in the first round.
However, Poirier seized control of proceedings thereafter before landing the TKO.
It was the first MMA defeat that McGregor had suffered by TKO, with his four previous losses having come by submission. He has won 22 of his 27 matches so far.