Dustin Poirier expressed his interest in a fight with UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in a social media post on Thursday.
"I want that belt," Poirier wrote in a post on X, tagging Makhachev as well as UFC president Dana White.
Poirier is fresh off an impressive victory against Benoît Saint-Denis at UFC 299 on March 9, securing a swift second-round knockout after losing two of his previous three fights.
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