Dustin Poirier's title bout at UFC 302 'could be' his last fight: ‘This is my shot, I won’t get another one’

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Dustin Poirier is on the back-nine of his splendid UFC career. In fact, he may be headed to the clubhouse very soon.

The 35-year-old will be the challenger for Islam Makhachev's UFC Lightweight Championship on June 1 at UFC 302 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

It is Poirier's third time fighting for an undisputed title. He lost each of the previous two.

Poirier lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 by submission on Dec. 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, just over two years after Khabib Nurmagomedov won UFC 242 in the same fashion.

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Dustin Poirier poses on the scale during the UFC 299 ceremonial weigh-in at Kaseya Center on March 8, 2024 in Miami. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

The Lafayette, Louisiana, native knows that this is his final chance to finally win a belt.

"I know this is my shot, I won’t get another one," Porier said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.

At the time, Porier said he would "probably retire right there" if he won a potential championship fight against Makhachev. He was unsure what would happen with a loss, and he still is.

"I want to retire from the sport - I don't want the sport to retire me," Poirier said to us at the time.

However, this will be his 40th professional fight, and he admits it "could be" his final fight, win or lose.

"I gotta see how I feel in there," he says.

Well, so far, with about three weeks until fight night, he says he's "right where I need to be."

Dustin Poirier reacts after his victory against Benoit Saint Denis of France in a lightweight fight during the UFC 299 event at Kaseya Center on March 9, 2024 in Miami. (Chris