DUSTIN POIRIER appeared to slap a man who goaded him with a sign quoting Conor McGregor’s infamous insult about his wife Jolie.
The incident took place in The Diamond’s native Louisiana as he was part of a parade celebrating Mardi Gras.
Dustin Poirier appears to slap a man who goaded him with a sign in Louisiana
The man holds a sign which references Conor McGregor’s insult to Poirier
ReutersMcGregor and Poirier face off in July 2021, in a fight that saw the Irishman break his leg[/caption]
The provocateur happened to have someone record his wind-up tactic as he initially shows the camera that the sign reads ‘Hey Dustin, your wife is in my DMs’.
He then wanders up close to the vehicle and unfolds it so that the UFC star can read it.
Upon seeing it, the 34-year-old reaches out with a swatting or slapping motion directed in the vicinity of the man.
McGregor had crassly claimed that Poirier’s wife Jolie had once upon a time messaged him privately on Instagram prior to their third fight in July 2021.
He then repeated the taunt in the aftermath of breaking his leg in said bout while he lay stricken in the octagon after commentator Joe Rogan had still bizarrely opted to interview him.
While the build-up to their second fight in January 2021 was very friendly, things took a nasty twist after Poirier pulled off the upset – avenging his TKO defeat in their first encounter in 2014.
The pair have since traded countless barbs in person and online with McGregor in particular being widely slammed for going beyond the regular bounds of trash talk.
Poirier said as much after winning the rubber match via a doctor’s stoppage.
In the post-fight press conference he fumed: “There is no holds barred with the trash talk, right?
“But murder is something you don’t clown around with and there is no coming back from that.
“This guy was telling me he was going to murder me and all kinds of stuff and saying he was going to kill me and I was going to leave here in a coffin. You don’t talk to people like that.”
The Notorious will finally make his return from that devastating leg break later this year when he takes on Michael Chandler.
While a date has not yet been set for what’s sure to be another explosive contest, it will not happen for a few months since they have to first complete their contractual obligations as coaches on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.
APMcGregor yells as he sits on the mat after breaking his leg against Poirier[/caption] Read More