AP Photo/Jon GambrellDustin Poirier clearly stated his goals when he faces Conor McGregor in their UFC 264 trilogy fight on July 10, at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.Farah Hannoun, MMA Junkie, relayed Poirier’s comments:"I want a blood-and guts war. I want to doubt my willingness to fight. It should be uncomfortable from the very first round. All this information is important to me. Fighting is a very real sport. It's only when the bell rings, or when you show up to training. This is the only part of fighting I truly love."Everything else is someone who can make some funny videos, get lots of likes on Instagram and get a lot more followers. It is just plain disgusting. It's a fashion show. Although it may look fake, the truth is that when that bell rings it's 100% real. I want to prove that to him and learn more about him. Let's talk it up, say this, and that. I know you can count on me to find out who wants to fight. There is no question in my head."McGregor defeated Poirier in the first round of UFC 178, September 2014. Poirier won the fight in January and defeated McGregor via a first-round TKO at UFC 178 in September 2014.Poirier is No. Poirier is the No. 1 contender in UFC lightweight rankings. McGregor is listed as fifth.Poirier is 27-6, with one no contest. Poirier, a Lafayette, Louisiana native, won the interim lightweight belt in April 2019 with a unanimous win over Max Holloway.He has won six of his seven previous fights. His only loss came to Khabib Nurmagomedov, an undefeated and since retired ex-lightweight champion. Twenty percent of Poirier’s victories were by submission or knockout.McGregor is now 22-5. He was once a UFC champion in the lightweight and featherweight divisions. McGregor's career highlights include a 15-match winning streak, which was capped by a 13.2-second knockout of Jose Aldo in December 2015 to unify UFC's featherweight belt.McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez 11 months later for the lightweight title. He lost it to Khabib in his next fight on October 2018.
