- Ireland's Conor McGregor has told Dustin Poirier their third fight scheduled for July 10 is off after the pair quarrelled on Twitter over a $500,000 donation to the American's charity.
- Dustin Poirier created a Twitter firestorm by accusing Conor McGregor of reneging on a $500,000 donation to charity. The UFC rivals fought for a second time in January when the American left McGregor concussed on the canvas after crippling his leg with merciless kicks, and shellacking him against the fence.
- Ireland's Conor McGregor has told Dustin Poirier their third fight scheduled for July 10 is off after the pair quarreled on Twitter over a US$500,000 donation to the American's charity.
The latest tweets from @DustinPoirier. Many felt like Dustin Poirier was going to be nothing more than a body for Conor McGregor in the main event of Saturday's UFC 257. Poirier had other plans in mind, using destructive calf kicks to soften McGregor up before finishing him with a barrage of punches to score a TKO at the 2:32 mark of the second round.
Poirier called McGregor out for not donating $500,000 to his charity like he promised and McGregor responded.
Conor McGregor says the fight with Dustin Poirier is off after the two exchanged words via Twitter on Monday.
The two stars are scheduled to face off at UFC 264 on July 10.
The chatter started when Poirier called McGregor out for not donating $500,000 to his charity, The Good Fight Foundation, after McGregor said he would if Poirier defeated him in January — which he did.
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Poirier Tweeted that McGregor's team stopped responding when he inquired about the donation after the January fight. He said his foundation reached out three times with no reply and McGregor responded.
'A donation, not a debt,' McGregor responded. 'We've been awaiting the plans for the money that never came I do with all my donations. Know where it's going dot for dot otherwise it goes walking. As is the case with a lot of these foundations, sadly.'
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Poirier responded by said his team reached out to McGregor's team via email to discuss the process but they never received a response. The 32-year-old Dublin native countered with some name-calling and obscenities before ultimately tweeting that the fight was off.
'You're ripped you inbred hillbilly,' McGregor said in a Tweet. 'Why do you wink with your ears? You f------ braindead hillbilly. 500k with no plan in place. Ye hang tight. Fool. You must be new to money. The fight is off btw (by the way). I'm going to fight someone else on the 10th, Good luck on your old contract kid.'
Their third fight against each other is one of the most highly anticipated bouts of the summer. UFC has yet to comment on the exchange or if the fight is canceled.
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