Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier built up a lot of goodwill ahead of their non-title fight at UFC 257 in January, but it seems to be gone.
The two lightweight fighters knocked each other out on social media on Sunday, less than three months before their scheduled trilogy at UFC 264 on July 10th. The source of the back-and-forth is actually what they did at the beginning of the year: a donation from McGregor to Poirier’s charity, The Good Fight Foundation.
Prior to UFC 257, McGregor said he would donate $ 500,000 to Poirier’s charity and that it would go into building a gym for underprivileged youth in Poirier’s hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana. Poirier on Sunday accused McGregor of ignoring his attempts to donate to the fight, which Poirier won via the second round of TKO.
“It’s a fun prediction!” wrote Poirier, referring to a knockout prediction from McGregor. “You also predicted a donation to my foundation and you and your team stopped responding to the fight in January. We will see you soon.”
McGregor, who during the coronavirus pandemic praised his philanthropic efforts in Ireland, admitted in a reply to Poirier that he had not yet made a donation, but claimed that he was waiting for details on how the money would be used. .
“A donation, not a debt,” McGregor wrote on Twitter. “We have been waiting for the plans for the money that never came. I do with all my donations. Know where it’s going dot to dot. Otherwise it’s going to run. As is the case with many of these foundations, alas. You have the McG over the belt shows I was right. ‘
McGregor’s agent, Audie Attar, also responded to Poirier’s accusation on Twitter and it appears that the donation would still be made.
Poirier’s foundation is well known within the MMA community. Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov also made a donation in 2019. Among other things, the foundation built a playground for children with special needs and provided backpacks to schools.
On Monday morning, McGregor went so far as to say that the trilogy about Poirier had been completed, and he would “fight someone else on the 10th.” In another post, eight minutes later, however, he threatened that Poirier would pay for his comments with his physical well-being.
The series between McGregor and Poirier currently stands at 1-1. McGregor scored a knockout blow over Poirier in 2014 when they were both featherweights in 2014. Poirier avenged the loss again in January.