{"id":619534,"date":"2026-04-21T20:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619534\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:18:08","slug":"dustin-poiriers-ufc-contract-prevents-him-from-boxing-despite-retirement-im-stuck-in-purgatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619534\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier&#8217;s UFC contract prevents him from boxing despite retirement: &#8220;I&#8217;m stuck in purgatory&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Poirier has revealed he\u2019s still locked in under a UFC contract despite retiring.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier entered the Octagon for the final time back in July 2025. He took on Max Holloway in a trilogy bout in New Orleans. \u201cThe Diamond\u201d fell short, losing via unanimous decision. Poirier has since served as an analyst for UFC events, including recent shows on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>As is the case with most retired combat sports stars, Poirier has been asked about whether or not he\u2019d consider making a comeback several times. Appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-RZGbS210c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cDeep Waters,\u201d<\/a> Poirier claimed that he\u2019s still tied down to his UFC deal. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/04\/21\/dustin-poirier-boxing-interest-ufc-contract-roadblock\/89705923007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan, I still have fights left in my contract with the UFC,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cI\u2019m stuck in purgatory, so I can\u2019t go out and do nothing. And if I could, I don\u2019t even know if I would, but boxing has always been something I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poirier tried convincing the UFC brass to have a Zuffa Boxing match with Nate Diaz. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/boxing-news\/dustin-poiriers-pitch-to-box-nate-diaz-shut-down-by-zuffa-boxing-they-must-hate-money\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">request was denied<\/a>, as TKO is pushing for its boxing promotion to become a major player rather than a place for sideshow fights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBro, I\u2019ve been down this road before,\u201d Poirier said. \u201cThey don\u2019t want any crossover. No. They want to be taken seriously. Plus, if they let one guy do it, every guy and girl on the roster is going to try to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several fighters were able to walk free from their UFC deals after ending their retirements. In most cases, the promotion simply didn\u2019t have interest in bringing the athlete back. With Poirier, that may not be the case as he still has name recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Dustin Poirier should ditch the thought of boxing and stay retired from combat sports to focus on his work as an analyst? Share your opinion in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier has revealed he\u2019s still locked in under a UFC contract despite retiring. Poirier entered the Octagon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-619534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}