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Published 09:55 23 Feb 2019 GMT
Updated 10:16 23 Feb 2019 GMT
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Poirier is on a five-fight win streak in the division but, late last year, UFC president Dana White suggested 'The Diamond' should fight McGregor to be number one contender. The winner of that fight, White posited, would be in line to take on the winner of a Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson title match.
So what has happened to that masterplan?
Nurmagomedov, crucially, has vowed not to fight again until the suspensions handed down to his teammates - after the UFC 229 post-fight melee - have run down. Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov both copped one-year suspensions so, if he is true to his word, Nurmagomedov will not fight again until after October 2019.
White and the UFC are not willing to wait around. There is no issue with Poirier being put forward for a title shot but surely not ahead of Ferguson or McGregor.
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