Dustin Poirier’s wife recently posted Halloween photos where her face is painted very scary with her daughter, as seen below. Jolie’s husband, the former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier, of course remembers the day Conor McGregor fought Nate Diaz at UFC 202 very well. It is special for him as it was also the day his daughter was born. It is no secret Poirier has a complex history with both Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz. Poirier lost his first meeting with McGregor at featherweight before going on to beat him twice in 2021 at lightweight. Poirier had also previously revealed a photo which mentioned his massive check.
The victories have also helped him to get a title shot which, this Saturday night, he’ll get when he challenges Charles Oliveira for the UFC lightweight championship.
Dustin Poirier opens up on a special day
Poirier and Diaz were scheduled to meet back at UFC 230 in New York City before an injury to ‘The Diamond’ ensured the fight was canceled. In a recent pre-UFC 269 interview, Poirier spoke candidly about the birth of his daughter on August 20, 2016 and how it coincided with the second bout between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.
The first fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz ended in a dramatic manner at UFC 196 when Nate Diaz secured a submission win. Then, just a few months later, he had McGregor on the ropes again but ‘The Notorious’ fought back and edged out Nate Diaz with a decision win.
This evened up the series at 1-1 and ever since, the fans have been eagerly waiting for the trilogy fight.
Here is what Poirier said:
“I love my family, and they come with me to training camp the whole time. She [Dustin’s daughter] was actually born on the day that Nate Diaz fought Conor, I forget what UFC number that was, but we were in the hospital room. I rented it from UFC.com on my laptop, went and picked up some food, she was born into this. I have a gym back home, she was raised in the gym too, this is just life. It’s not a big deal to her.”
Poirier also recently confirmed that his daughter and the entire family would be joining him in Las Vegas as UFC 269 approaches soon.
