Overview
- Dustin Poirier blasted Nate Diaz on the Deep Waters podcast after Diaz’s corner stopped his TKO loss to Mike Perry at MVP MMA 1, saying Diaz “looked like dog s***” and like a punching bag.
- Poirier said he would un-retire for a Diaz bout, specifying welterweight at 170 pounds and a return to the drug-testing pool, and he vowed to knock Diaz out.
- He added that pursuing the matchup now would feel like “picking on somebody,” calling a Diaz fight an easy win based on the recent performance.
- Diaz returned to MMA for the first time since 2022 in the Perry fight and, despite the defeat, he does not plan to retire.
- The rivals were linked to a fight in 2018 that fell through amid disputes and injury, Poirier retired after losing to Max Holloway in July 2025, and no bout is booked as past ideas like a Zuffa Boxing matchup went nowhere.