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Khabib Nurmagomedov pleads with Dustin Poirier to retire ahead of rumored UFC return: ‘He’s finished’

Former undisputed lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov has called for his former-foe, Dustin Poirier to follow though on a potential retirement from combat sports earlier this year — claiming the Lafayette native and his counterparts from the lightweight “old school” should not be fighting anymore.

Poirier, who retains the number four rank at the lightweight limit, has been sidelined since June, headlining UFC 302 against Nurmagomedov’s protege and current pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev in an undisputed title affair.

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And forcing the dominant gold holder to the fifth round, Poirier was submitted eventually with a D’Arce choke stoppage, with Makhachev defending his championship for the third time since his ascension.