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Dustin Poirier open to eventual move to 170 to face Nate Diaz: ‘He’s a guy I’ve always wanted to fight’

Dustin Poirier isn’t giving up on a future fight with Nate Diaz.

The two were once scheduled to meet at UFC 230 on Nov. 3, 2018, a lightweight bout that was expected to serve as the co-main event of a major pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden. Poirier eventually withdrew from the bout due to an injury, but the prospective matchup was already fraught with drama as Diaz angrily left a press conference to hype the event (seemingly feeling disrespected that UFC 230 was overshadowed by the announcement of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs.