Dustin Poirier Admits He Wanted To ‘Beat Conor McGregor Senseless’ After Trash Talk

Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor (Image Credits: Imagn)

Dustin Poirier Admits He Wanted To ‘Beat Conor McGregor Senseless’ After Trash Talk

Originally posted on Total Pro Sports | By Pavan Sharma | Last updated May 22, 2026 1:40 PM ET

Dustin Poirier has never been one to sugarcoat things. And when it comes to his first fight with Conor McGregor, he’s been brutally honest. The Irishman didn’t just beat him inside the cage; he beat him before the first punch was ever thrown. Now talking about him, ‘The Diamond’ shared when McGregor pressed the wrong nerve.

It wasn’t just the press conferences. It wasn’t just the cameras and the crowd and the circus that followed McGregor everywhere. It was the hallways during their first fight. The moments nobody saw. Poirier admitted that as he walked away from that hallway exchange, McGregor’s words were already eating at him. He was questioning his own decisions.

“What he said about me was getting under my skin, so it was working. There’s an art to trash talk and mind games, and Conor was really good at it. In that first fight, I was so affected by him—his words were always in my head. He played me bad. I wanted to beat him senseless,” Poirier said.

Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor ile ilk maçında Conor’un ona söylediklerinden sonra Conor’ı ö*dürmek istediğini söyledi:

Dustin Poirier: ‘’Conor basın toplantılarında, kameraların önünde iyi ama kameraların arkasında da çok iyiydi. Koridorda birbirimizin yanından geçerken, "Neden… pic.twitter.com/WRR4bPgZsi
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Poirier got his revenge twice. Their rematch at UFC 257 ended with a devastating second-round knockout that sent shockwaves through the sport. And their trilogy fight ended the same way, Poirier standing, McGregor on the canvas. Since then, the Irishman has fought inside the octagon.

Dana White Confirms Conor McGregor Vs. Max Holloway 2 Headlines UFC 329

White has made it official. McGregor returns to the UFC on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and Max Holloway is the man standing across from him. The fight headlines UFC 329 at 170 pounds with no title on the line. McGregor hasn’t fought in the UFC in five years. The last time he stepped inside the octagon, he was on the canvas at UFC 264, his leg snapped beneath him in the first round against Poirier.

But the story here isn’t just McGregor’s return. It’s who he’s walking into. When these two met in 2013, Holloway was 21. McGregor beat him by decision and moved on, and most people filed it away as a footnote. McGregor is coming back hungry, with something to prove after years on the sideline. Nobody should dismiss what he’s capable of when the lights are brightest.

This article first appeared on Total Pro Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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