Dustin Poirier has claimed that his three fights with Conor McGregor earned him enough money for his family to have "financial freedom".
The former interim lightweight champion opted not to face Michael Chandler for the vacant world title after beating McGregor in a big money rematch in January last year. Instead, he chose to give McGregor a trilogy that summer in what proved to be one of the biggest pay-per-view events in the sport's history.
Poirier and McGregor had met once before, on the undercard of a Demetrious Johnson PPV event in 2014. On that day, McGregor was paid a base purse of $200,000 while Poirier made just $34,000.
