UFC President Dana White Confirms Former Dual Weight Champion Conor McGregor Will Fight American Dustin Poirier.

The fight will take place on January 23, 2021 in Las Vegas and will become the main event of UFC 257, according to MMA Fighting..

The parties have already agreed on all the details. Poirier signed a contract for the fight, and Conor gave his verbal consent and in the near future will sign a contract with the UFC.

On the account of 32-year-old McGregor 26 fights in mixed martial arts (22 wins, 4 losses). He fought his last fight in January 2020, knocking out Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds.

In the summer of this year, McGregor announced for the third time that he would end his sports career, but later changed his mind about retirement.

Poirier won 26 victories in MMA, suffered six defeats, and another fight with his participation was declared invalid.. In 2014, the American lost to McGregor by technical knockout, so he will try to take revenge in a future fight..

FIRST BATTLE MACGREGOR - PORIE Earlier it was reported that McGregor's career recovery was in jeopardy.