Set for his career swansong at UFC 318 this summer, former interim champion, Dustin Poirier has revealed he planned a four-man, one-night symbolic BMF title tournament to take place between himself, Max Holloway, Justin Gaethje, and Dan Hooker — before Dana White shot the idea down.
Poirier, a former interim lightweight champion, competes for the symbolic BMF crown for the second time this summer, headlining UFC 318 in a trilogy fight with the incumbent, Holloway — in a return to his native New Orleans for his retirement outing.
Sidelined since he took main event honors at UFC 302 in June of last year, Lafayette fan-favorite, Poirier suffered an eventual fifth round D’Arce choke submission loss to pound-for-pound leader, Islam Makhachev, failing in his third bid to become undisputed champion.