Dustin Poirier is treating his UFC 291 bout against Justin Gaethje as a title eliminator.
The winner of this Saturday’s fight, he believes, will be first in line to challenge whomever is victorious in the upcoming Islam Makhachev-Charles Oliveira lightweight title matchup set for this October.
“This is definitely a number-one contender fight,” says Poirier. “Especially if Islam wins again, we’ve both never fought Makhachev, so it’s a new matchup on top of the division for the title. I’m going into this like the winner gets a title shot.”
