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Dustin Poirier on Norman Parke: 'I saved his career'

Dustin Poirier thinks that Norman Parke owes him a debt of gratitude for not taking a fight with him at UFC Dublin.

Dustin Poirier took some heat last weekend when he turned down a last-minute fight with Norman Parke. Poirier was supposed to meet Joseph Duffy in the main event of UFC Dublin, but a concussion ruled Duffy out of the fight with just under a week to go. The UFC offered Poirier a fight with Parke instead, but he refused, calling him a "small fish".

Parke challenged him on Twitter to explain himself, where Poirier bluntly stated that he'd knock him out if they fought.