Ahead of his retirement outing this summer, former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has offered home town hero, Lil’ Wayne the chance to walk him out for his final Octagon appearance at UFC 318 — as he prepares to challenge Max Holloway for the symbolic BMF crown.
Poirier, a fan-favorite hailing from Lafayette, is set to make his final combat sports walk this summer, headlining UFC 318 in a homecoming at the Smoothie King Center — poised to fight Hawaiian star, Holloway for the third time in their respective careers.
And drawing the curtain on a decorated tenure in the Octagon, the Lafayette striker has been sidelined since he suffered a fifth round D’Arce choke submission loss to Islam Makhachev in an undisputed title charge back in June of last year at UFC 302.
Dustin Poirier offers Lil’ Wayne chance to walk him out at UFC 318
Ushered to the Octagon by a rendition of Diamonds as well as his usual The Boss walkout sung by the late great, James Brown — Poirier has extended the invitation to Lil’ Wayne to walk him out at the arena, to Drop the World instead for his retirement fight.
“When I fought Josh Grisby, I walked out to Lil Wayne,” Dustin Poirier told Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “If Lil Wayne wants to walk me out in New Orleans, I’ll walk out to Lil Wayne on my last fight. And switch up to James Brown.
“So if he does Drop the World, I’ll come out to him in my last fight,” Dustin Poirier continued.
Revealing some massive plans which were ultimately axed, Poirier claimed he had pitched a one-night, four-man tournament for the BMF crown to UFC CEO, Dana White — only to be shot down before it was even considered.
“Let’s do a BMF tournament,” Dustin Poirier told. “And I pitched me, (Justin) Gaethje, Max (Holloway), and (Dan) Hooker. So, I don’t know, maybe that’s why they put — no clue really. Yeah, me and Dana (White) sat down in his office and talked about it. But he thought I was talking about like a few month tournament, where the guys fight each other, then a few months later they fight again. I was talking about a one-night tournament.
