Zuffa Boxing turned down Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz fight: ‘They don’t want crossover’
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 03: (L-R) Opponents Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz face off during the UFC press conference inside the Orpheum Theater on August 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) | Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dustin Poirier is retired from MMA, but it’s clear he still has a strong desire to keep competing in some form or another. “The Diamond” was on The Joe Rogan Experience earlier this week and discussed the difficulty in switching gears to ‘civilian’ life now that he’s officially retired from UFC at 36 years of age.
“I don’t know who I am without fighting,” he admitted. “I’m a father. I’m a husband.
I’m a lot of things. But fighting was a cloud in my mind that never went away for 20 years, right? And now I wake up and it’s it’s gone.
Like what do I do? I’m still trying to find out. I don’t know.
” One option Poirier likes the idea of is boxing, but he’s still technically under contract with the UFC so he’d have to do it under the Zuffa banner. And according to Dustin, Zuffa Boxing isn’t interested. 🥊💥 Dustin Poirier wanted to fight at Zuffa boxing against Nate Diaz or others, but the UFC doesn't want fighters to crossover: "I always wanted to box.