UFC approaches Dustin Poirier to fight Nate Diaz in May or July after scrapped 2018 bout – ‘come get this work’

Dustin Poirier calls out Nate Diaz on Twitter after speaking to UFC about 170 pound welterweight fight later this year

The pair were supposed to fight in 2018 but was cancelled due to Diaz not ‘coming to terms with the UFC’, Poirier says

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Dustin Poirier trains ahead of his lightweight title unification fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2019. Photo: Reuters

Published: 4:24pm, 9 Feb 2020Updated: 6:02pm, 9 Feb 2020

Former lightweight interim champion Dustin Poirier revealed that the UFC has approached him to fight Nate Diaz in May or July.

Poirier (professional MMA record 25-6, 1 no contest), whose last fight was an unsuccessful unification bout against champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2019, tweeted:

“Spoke with the UFC last night[.] You gonna take the fight Nate Diaz? 170lbs May in California or July international fight week? Come get this work.”

Diaz (20-12) has yet to respond, with previous comments suggesting he had wanted to rematch BMF winner Jorge Masvidal after his doctor’s stoppage-loss in November last year.

Poirier was in Texas for UFC 247 with video footage showing him mouth “let’s go Nate” to the camera.

Poirier vs Diaz was a scheduled fight at UFC 230 in 2018 but was cancelled due to – at the time – the former’s “undisclosed injury”. The 31-year-old Poirier later stated that the bout was scrapped because Diaz “couldn’t come to terms with the UFC.”