Plotting his first siege at undisputed light-weight gold in October with a victory over former gold holder, Charles Oliveira at UFC 289 this weekend, surging division contender, Beneil Dariush has scoffed at the potential of defending spoils in opposition to Dustin Poirier, claiming the Lafayette native has averted a struggle with him.
Dariush, who has gained seven straight, places his undefeated streak on the road this weekend within the co-maine occasion of UFC 289 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – drawing the present #1 ranked contender, Oliveira in a championship-eliminator.
Within the evening’s headliner, two-weight champion, Amanda Nunes defends her undisputed bantamweight title in opposition to Mexican challenger, Irene Aldana within the promotion’s return to ‘The Nice White North’.
Sidelined since that includes on the principle card of UFC 280 final October, Dariush featured in opposition to former two-weight KSW champion, Mateusz Gamrot, touchdown a one-sided unanimous determination victory in opposition to the Polish contender.
Beneil Dariush distances himself from struggle with Dustin Poirier
Weighing up a future title struggle with present division gold holder, Islam Makhachev at UFC 294 in October, Dariush – who will battle for rivalry in opposition to each Poirier and Justin Gaethje who’re set to rematch at UFC 291 subsequent month, has little curiosity in a title struggle – ought to he strike gold in opposition to the Louisana striker.
“Shoot, I haven’t hought about it, to be trustworthy with you,” Beneil Dariush informed Submission Radio of a future struggle with Dustin Poirier. “If he wins, do we actually have to struggle? I imply, he’s not , proper? He doesn’t actually wanna struggle me. So, yeah, I imply, he’ll be the bMF champion, perhaps he’ll go on and defend that belt and I’ll struggle any individual else.”
“I don’t know,” Beneil Dariush defined. “We’ll see what the UFC says. But when he’s not pushing to struggle me if I’m the champion, then at this level I’m simply – I’m over it. You recognize. I actually do wanna struggle the following technology, these younger contenders. But when it’s Dustin Poirier, it’s Dustin Poirier.”
