Dustin Poirier’s love for MMA runs so deep that it turned a part of his daughter’s life from day one—actually. Reflecting on the night time Parker was born, Poirier shared a narrative that completely captures his ardour for combating. Whereas most new fathers may be targeted solely on their new child and recovering spouse, Poirier managed to show the supply room right into a makeshift combat celebration simply hours after his daughter entered the world.
Dustin Poirier on Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2
For MMA followers, UFC 202 was a monumental occasion. The rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz was one of the vital anticipated fights in UFC historical past. For Poirier, lacking it merely wasn’t an choice, even when it occurred to coincide with one of many greatest moments of his private life.
“[Parker] was born into fighting, so it’s not a big deal to her like it is to other people,” Poirier mentioned in a latest interview about his daughter.
The day she was born within the hospital in Boca was the night time Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz had their rematch.
As Poirier tells it, simply hours after his spouse, Jolie, gave delivery to their daughter, he remodeled their hospital room right into a full-blown combat night time expertise. “Oh, so look—my wife is like four or five hours after giving labor,” he recalled with amusing. “And I’ve got the laptop up, I’m renting a pay-per-view, I’ve got food getting delivered to the hospital, and I’ve got a fight party on her first day, bro.”
“Oh no! You have a boo boo Dad?!” Nurse Parker is taking good care of Dad after #UFC236 @DustinPoirier pic.twitter.com/wHMd7wmk3m
— UFC (@ufc) April 15, 2019
Image this: Jolie recovering from childbirth in her hospital mattress whereas Dustin Poirier is glued to a laptop computer display watching Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz go head-to-head. In the meantime, meals deliveries are rolling in as in the event that they had been internet hosting pals at residence as a substitute of being in a supply room. It’s a scene that solely somebody as unapologetically passionate as Poirier might pull off.
Dustin Poirier has two TKO wins over Conor McGregor and was as soon as scheduled to face Nate Diaz within the UFC, however an harm sidelined the combat between eh two common figures.
