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The Dustin Poirier-Conor McGregor fight is apparently off after McGregor was called out for flaking out on a charity donation.
On Sunday night, Poirier accused McGregor of ghosting him after he asked McGregor’s team about the $500k donation the Irishman had promised to make towards his charity before their fight back in January.
That's a fun prediction! @TheNotoriousMMA you also predicted a donation to my foundation and you and your team stopped responding after the fight in January.
See you soon.
July 10th Paid In Full!— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) April 11, 2021
We thanked him because his team reached out fight week to initiate the process but ghosted us the past 2 months after the fight. My foundation has reached out 3 times since with no reply. We've moved past it! We will be announcing our next goal soon! Its a big one🙏 https://t.co/mtiOFBsd2q
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) April 12, 2021
McGregor responded to Poirier’s allegations by saying that he and his team were waiting for the plans on how the money was going to be used by the charity.
A donation, not a debt. We’ve been awaiting the plans for the money that never came. I do with all my donations. Know where it’s going dot for dot. Otherwise it goes walking. As is the case with a lot of these foundations, sadly. You took the McG over the belt shows I was right.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 12, 2021
Poirier continued to claim that McGregor’s team refused to respond to his emails for months after the donation promise.
100% never a debt. You offered, we accepted, and like I said your Team never responded to our emails regarding the process of where funds would be put to work! July 10th you will taste defeat yet Again https://t.co/k3Cu9DG1Me
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) April 12, 2021
McGregor now says he’s not interested in fighting Poirier due to the allegations made against him.
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1381624066105344000
This all feels like a publicity stunt to but we’ll have to wait and see if McGregor is actually being serious about pulling out of his fight with Poirier.