UFC Star Dustin Poirier Plays Up Trilogy Fight With Justin Gaethje: ‘I Don’t Like To Leave Things Unsettled’ [Video]

Amid continued links to a retirement from mixed martial arts, former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has welcomed the chance to take on fellow former interim gold holder, Justin Gaethje in a trilogy rubber match – claiming the pairing is still “unsettled” between the duo.

Poirier, the current number four ranked divisional contender, most recently headlined UFC 302 last month in New Jersey, taking on pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev – suffering a stunning fifth round D’Arce choke submission loss in his failed bid to snatch the undisputed lightweight crown.

As for Gaethje, the former interim lightweight champion and symbolic BMF titleholder, featured at UFC 300 earlier this year against common-foe, Max Holloway, dropping the latter of those crowns with a devastating fifth round, buzzer-beating KO loss to the Hawaiian.

And remaining non-committal on his fighting futureoff the back of his loss to Makhachev, Poirier was asked about the chances of him sharing the Octagon …