{"id":620755,"date":"2026-04-22T09:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620755\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:40:12","slug":"poirier-on-his-boxing-ambitions-i-still-have-fights-left-with-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/620755\/","title":{"rendered":"Poirier On His Boxing Ambitions \u2013 \u2018I Still Have Fights Left With The UFC&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/tag\/dustin-poirier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Poirier<\/a> opened up about the legal \u201climbo\u201d he currently faces, revealing that while he is finished with the Octagon, he remains tied to a UFC contract that prevents him from entering the boxing ring.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier described his situation as \u201cpurgatory,\u201d explaining that TKO Group Holdings still maintains exclusive rights to his competitive services, effectively barring him from any outside combat sports ventures without their blessing.<\/p>\n<p>Poirier\u2019s MMA run reached its conclusion nearly a year ago on July 19, 2025, at UFC 318. Headlining in his home state at the Smoothie King Center, Poirier faced Max Holloway for the BMF Title in the third fight of their rivalry. Poirier lost a unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46).<\/p>\n<p>Poirier Reacts<\/p>\n<p>Despite his retirement from MMA, \u201cThe Diamond\u201d hasn\u2019t lost his competitive fire. He has been remarkably vocal about transitioning to professional boxing, specifically aiming for a crossover mega-fight with fellow legend Nate Diaz. Poirier recently pitched a high-profile Zuffa Boxing match against Diaz to the UFC hierarchy. The proposal was reportedly shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan, I still have fights left in my contract with the UFC. I\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. Bro, I\u2019ve been down this road before. They 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 Poirier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poiriers-ufc-contract-prevents-him-from-boxing-despite-retirement-im-stuck-in-purgatory\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=dustin-poiriers-ufc-contract-prevents-him-from-boxing-despite-retirement-im-stuck-in-purgatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find all the\u00a0latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admin.boxingnews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingblitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier opened up about the legal \u201climbo\u201d he currently faces, revealing that while he is finished with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-620755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620755","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=620755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}