In the process of preparing for Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2, everything happened very smoothly. The two boxers did not offend, did not Trashtalk, did not fight with each other.
But while the match of Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 3 was getting closer and closer to the floor, the battle between the two boxers was also increasingly fierce. The source of the attack is from $ 500,000 charity that Conor McGregor did not transfer to the Dustin Poirier's charity fund as “The Notorious” promised.
So how did the story happen?
Promise 500,000 USD from Conor McGregor
Flip a little time, in early 2020, after the knock-out quickly defeated Donald Cerrone, Conor McGregor was almost UFC pushed into the “palace”, forever without any match became a reality. The reason is not difficult to understand: UFC wants a battle, a big match in the context of Covid forced the largest MMA in the world to cut a series of personnel as well as other activities.
This has made McGregor so dissatisfied that he broke out a lot of arguing with Dana White and the “bosses” of the match part in Las Vegas. The scene of “sitting and playing”, McGregor took the initiative to contact Dustin Poirier, wanting the upper stage to perform a match with the old opponent.
“Hey brothers, want a charity MMA? No need to have anything to do with UFC. I will support half a million dollars into his charity fund,” Conor McGregor wrote on Twitter for Poirier in late September 2020.
“We can sell the match on television, sell by legs directly or sell to the stations. I will work with you some more charity projects.”
Of course, Dustin Poirier agreed. Seeing the two boxers starting to prepare the radio and intended to skip the tournament, the last UFC had to make concessions, organized the match of Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2 in January 2021.
Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2: 500,000 USD is still there
Although UFC has turned the Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2 into an official match, no longer has the meaning of charity, Conor McGregor still asserts that he will keep his promise to support half a million dollars into the charity fund “The Good Fight Foundation” of the couple Dustin Poirier.
As the person who used to defeat the Poirier in the first half, Conor McGregor entered the match with the mind of a martial artist. This carelessness caused the “The Notorious” to pay the price: During the rematch, McGregor was kicked by Poirier with Calf Kick before being punched into the second half.
During a press conference after the match, Poirier stood up to thank McGregor's gesture, said the McGregor team contacted “The Good Fight Foundation” on charity. Poirier's wife even visited McGregor after the match, shook hands and thanked “The Notorious” again.
Until here, many people will think that Conor McGregor has contributed half a million dollars of charity.
Charity must be depending on the mind?
It was only when preparing for the third match, planned in July 2021 with the signature of both boxers, people fell back that it turned out that $ 500,000 charity that Conor McGregor promised to have not been transferred to Dustin Poirier.
“Conor, he also expected to transfer to the charity fund a sum of money, but he and his management team ignored us from the match in January,” Poirier “reminded” “brother” on Twitter. “July 10, remember to pay off!”
Conor McGregor immediately responded:
“This is a charity, not the debt for you to ask for that way. We always wait for a plan to spend the items for the charity fund, but it never appears. Must be clear – I always do that with all charity activities I participated in, I have to know where my money has spent, each one.
The fleet of the level, with the peak of McGregor posting tweets will cancel the match with Dustin to “upper radio with another person” on July 10. Even so, it seems that the match will still take place and Conor McGregor vows to make Poirier “pay” because he “humiliated the honor” of him.
Will the last 500,000 USD come to Dustin Poirier's charity fund?
Although Conor McGregor wrote he would “clean” the charity for the “Good Fight Foundation” fund, McGregor's manager, Audie Attar, said McGregor still intended to donate.
Of course, provided that Dustin Poirier side must send a detailed report on the fund's expenses.
“Dustin, why did you behave like a man?” Attar wrote, asserting that all the problems are only in Poirier not transparent numbers. “Forget all the faces between us at Utah and our family? Where are you standing when we help you ask for more money from UFC?”
“Conor has always been a generous person. That doesn't mean Conor is blurry in money – he is always clear. Provoking Conor this way is a wise go.”