couldn't resist taking a swipe at his long-time rival on Thursday after the Irish superstar took to social media to declare that everything he touches "turns to gold". 'The Notorious' had been due to return to the Octagon last month at 303 to face Michael Chandler, but a broken little toe caused him to . Several of McGregor's biggest adversaries - including Poirier - pointed out that the controversial former two-weight UFC champion could have fought through the injury after it became public.
The mockery continued on Thursday evening as Poirier clapped back at the 35-year-old in savage fashion. The Louisiana native is currently 2-1 in fights against McGregor, but insisted recently that with his nemesis in a fourth fight. No sooner had McGregor posted bragging "EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS TO GOLD", then Poirier countered: "Touch that pinky toe!" Despite fighting each other on a trio of occasions, the bad blood between the pair seems just as strong as ever.
Poirier was McGregor's opponent in his last competitive outing. Their main event clash at UFC 264 failed to make it into the second round when McGregor suffered a broken leg. 'The Diamond' might claim that he's not interested in fighting Conor again, but the feeling is not mutual.
Following Poirier's victory over Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 earlier this year, : "It was good to see [Dustin] Poirier get that win. That makes this the quadrilogy – we’ll say the ‘real trilogy’, [that would] really to finish it and put an en.
