didn\u2019t come to terms with the UFC<\/a> or whatever it was for the couple times we were supposed to fight that it never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cBut, dude, after the way he looked on Saturday night, he can\u2019t talk right now man,\u201d Poirier continued. \u201cYou need to take a break. He needs to go get some sleep and some rest. He looked like dog shit. He looked horrible. He looked like he didn\u2019t want to be in there, looked like a punching bag. He looked off balance. His timing was horrible. When somebody loses, I don\u2019t like to shit on them too hard, but he knows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diaz actually mentioned Poirier during his post-fight interview after losing to Perry, joking about Poirier\u2019s retirement from MMA \u2014 and apparently that struck a nerve.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt\u2019s crazy that he\u2019s bringing me up in a post-fight,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cApparently, he still wants the fight or is thinking about it. It\u2019s just like, after a performance like that, it\u2019s like I\u2019m picking on somebody now if I\u2019m chasing Nate Diaz, the way he looked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019m picking on an easy fight, easy win,\u201d Poirier added. \u201cBut, Nate Diaz, I will knock you clean out if we fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy invitation is still out there,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cAt 170, I\u2019ll go back in the drug test protocol or whatever. I will knock Nate Diaz completely out.\u201d<\/p>\n
At this point, it feels like the rivalry between Diaz and Poirier may never fully die \u2014 even if the actual fight still somehow hasn\u2019t happened after nearly a decade of callouts, canceled negotiations and mutual trash talk.<\/p>\n
Still, after Diaz\u2019s rough showing against Perry, fans may not exactly be begging for that matchup anymore.<\/p>\n
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