BSD manager confirm UFC announced Poirier fight without contractual agreement + theorize they did it to minimize Ngannou fight announcement in France
BSD manager confirm UFC announced Poirier fight without contractual agreement + theorize they did it to minimize Ngannou fight announcement in France
BSD manager confirm UFC announced Poirier fight without contractual agreement + theorize they did it to minimize Ngannou fight announcement in France
This new interview of BSD manager goes in depth with the Poirier announcement starting 13:25
The interview is in French and I m not able to do the full translation right now but here is a quick summarize
-They expected to have Darius or Hooker for ranking reasons but he keep pushing for a Poirier fight
-He theorize that the UFC agreed to this match after Ngannou signed his next fight, they probably wanted to diminish the announcement in France (and worldwide probably because this co main event is a banger)
-The fight was announced without any written agreement
If someone can do the a full translation in the comments that would be appreciated. I will then put it here.