Dustin Poirier shares opinion on next lightweight title challenger

Recently retired combatant Diamond addressed the concern successful the UFC's lightweight division, which has been attracting the attraction of fans and experts for immoderate time. The taxable of who volition beryllium the adjacent challenger for the loop held by Ilia Topuria keeps coming up, with 3 names successful peculiar lasting out: Arman Tsarukyan, Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.

If we look astatine the results and merits, Tsarukyan seems to beryllium the logical choice. The experienced combatant already has an awesome streak and for galore helium would beryllium a earthy candidate. 

Gaethje, connected the different hand, is counting connected his aged merits and reputation, portion Pimblett has had problems successful relations with Topuria successful caller months; and his lucifer could beryllium the astir profitable successful presumption of marketing.

Dustin Poirier, lightweight fable and precocious retired fighter, gave his instrumentality connected this situation. "Gaethje should get a rubric shot. He's specified an close puncher and a bully fighter. Of course, helium puts himself successful awkward positions and it would beryllium a unspeakable matchup for him if Topuria were to get him aboriginal on. But also, this could beryllium a precise pugnacious matchup for Topuria," Poirier told MMA Junkie.

Dustin reacts

Poirier past addressed Pimblett: 

"Respect for Paddy and everything he's doing, but I don't deliberation a triumph implicit Michael Chandler, who's successful decline, should beryllium capable to get a changeable astatine the belt. I cognize Paddy's breathtaking and radical are talking astir him, but I'd similar him to bash 1 lucifer against idiosyncratic successful the apical 5. Just different tough, pugnacious test. After that, we could speech astir him arsenic a contender for a rubric shot. I deliberation it's inactive a small excessively aboriginal for Paddy if we're talking astir the lucifer betwixt him and Topuria. Pair Max Holloway with Pimblett; it's a amusive lucifer to spot what level Paddy is at," added Poirier.

Poirier did not specifically remark connected Tsarukyan, fixed that the UFC's presumption is that Arman needs 1 much triumph earlier getting a changeable astatine the title, and helium doesn't adjacent person a lucifer scheduled astatine the moment.