UFC welterweight Gilbert Burns only wants to fight big names going forward, and ‘Durinho’ believes he would be the perfect fighter to welcome Dustin Poirier to the cage at 170 pounds.
Burns, who is looking to rebound from a grueling decision loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273, suggested the matchup after Poirier Tweeted that he is currently without an opponent and looking for a fight.
“170?”, Burns, who used to compete at 155 lbs, Tweeted in response to Poirier.
Poirier has long flirted with a move up to 170 after coming up short of winning the UFC lightweight title on two separate occasions at UFC 242 and UFC 269.