Dustin Poirier has voiced his discontent on a number occasions after illegal knees brought a stop to his meeting with Eddie Alvarez at UFC 211, resulting in the fight being ruled a no-contest.
Although Poirier campaigned for a rematch, Alvarez was booked to meet Justin Gaethje at UFC 218 instead.
Initially, Alvarez verbally agreed to the rematch but in hindsight he believes Poirier quit when he was able to continue after the bout was brought to a halt.
“When I looked back at the fight, when I assessed it myself as a fan and took the fighter outside of it, I sincerely think the guy just quit,” Alvarez told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour.