According to Helwani. DC is suggesting Makhachev vs. RDA and Dariush vs. Ferguson. Presumably this means Poirier and McGregor will be looking at a rematch while Nate Diaz looks at something out his window, muttering about himself being the best.
The Diamond is getting screwed here. His fight against Conor should have been for the championship, or his next fight against him should be. Chandler has one win in the UFC and already going for the belt? After holding out fo a brief time Poirier better be careful. One loss and Dana will send him packing to the PFL or One FC.
While I agree that the previous Conor / Dustin fight should have been for the title; Dustin seems pretty fine that he's not fighting for the title right now. Dustin is on record multiple times saying that he'll sit back and watch Do Bronx and Chandler fight for the title while he fights Conor again. Hell of a consolation prize for Dustin getting an even bigger pay day. He should beat Conor again and then will probably fight the winner of Oliveira and Chandler. Either way, I'm glad we got movement in the LW division. Chandler is dangerous and I'm still not convinced that Do Bronx is a whole new fighter that doesn't give up against adversity. I hope he beats Chandler; if not we'll have to send Gaethje in to decapitate him.
Absolutely agree with you about getting movement in the lightweight division. I would actually love to see Chandler win just to prove there are really good fighters from outside of the UFC. Some of the other big time fighters like David Branch or Will Brooks has flamed out so it's nice when someone works out. Plus Chandler vs Poirier seems like fireworks.
