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Dustin Poirier is walking around almost two-stone heavier than the UFC's lightweight limit as he ponders his next move.

Poirier, a former interim champion at 155lb and two-time title challenger, has yet to confirm whether he is sticking around at the weight where he has had most success, or moving to welterweight in a final effort to win gold.

He appeared to be willing to fight Nate Diaz on just a few weeks' notice earlier this year, but when that fight was shelved his future went back to being unclear.

And after appearing to be a similar size to heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko in a photo over the weekend at a Bellator show, Poirier took to social media to confirm he is currently tipping the scales at 182lb.

It's one pound away from two-stone over his weigh-in weight for his title bout with Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 last month, although if he returned to lightweight for a non-title fight he would be given an extra pound allowance.

Generally, fighters would utilise a large portion of camp to cut weight, and are known to make even bigger losses in short spaces of time than Poirier would need to get back to lightweight.

But having lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov and now Charles Oliveira in his last five fights, it seems much