FILE - Dustin Poirier, right, punches Michael Chandler during the first round of a lightweight bout at the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in New York. Poirier has won 30 MMA fights overall and has at least one more left - a career-defining bout on a third try at the UFC lightweight championship - against Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
FILE - Michael Chandler, top, grapples with Dustin Poirier during the second round of a lightweight bout in the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 in New York. Poirier has won 30 MMA fights overall and has at least one more left - a career-defining bout on a third try at the UFC lightweight championship - against Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
FILE - Dustin Poirier poses during a news conference UFC 299 mixed martial arts event, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Miami. Poirier has won 30 MMA fights overall and has at least one more left - a career-defining bout on a third try at the UFC lightweight championship - against Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
FILE - Dustin Poirier, right, kicks Michael Chandler during the first round of a lightweight bout in the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 in New York. Poirier has won 30 MMA fights overall and has at least one more left - a career-defining bout on a third try at the UFC lightweight championship - against Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)