DUSTIN POIRIER admitted he turned red before starting a street fight after his wife was inappropriately groped by a man during a party.
The American broke several bones when he lost to Islam Makhachev in his third attempt to become undisputed 155-pound champion in early June.
But a resurfaced clip went viral on X after Poirier appeared on Theo Von’s podcast in March.
The pair discussed Poirier’s history of street fighting.
He said: “I haven’t been in a street fight in I don’t know how long. The last one I can think of was Mardi Gras.
“I was at a brother’s house and there was a party in the street.
“My wife was leaning over a fence talking to someone and then a guy from next door came and leaned over her back while she was bending over and put his hand on her stomach.
“And he started talking in her ear. Man, I tricked him. A friend of mine started leaving people left and right.
“Every shot we made. He fell 100 percent from the field that night.”
A Mardi Gras party celebrates the last day of the Carnival season in the United States and falls on Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day.
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Poirier’s longtime rival Conor McGregor commented on Poirier’s X video describing how a man disrespected his wife.
McGregor questioned Poirier’s wife’s loyalty when he wrote: “Get a DNA test, boy,” after sharing the clip.
The Notorious Irishman has since deleted his baseless and out of line tweet.
Poirier broke McGregor’s leg during their third and final fight in March 2023.
McGregor’s attack on Poirier’s family appears to be a response to ‘The Diamond’ mocking his withdrawal from a comeback fight against Michael Chandler on June 29.
Meanwhile, McGregor appeared in public for the first time on Saturday since revealing the injury that forced him to fight.
McGregor took to social media to reveal that a broken toe suffered during training forced his retirement.
A few days later, Poirier celebrated Father’s Day by sharing a photo of him holding two children whose heads were replaced with photos of McGregor and Chandler.
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