Dustin Poirier won his family "financial freedom" in Conor McGregor trilogy

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Dustin Poirier has claimed that his three fights with Conor McGregor earned him enough money for his family to have "financial freedom".

The former interim lightweight champion opted not to face Michael Chandler for the vacant world title after beating McGregor in a big money rematch in January last year. Instead, he chose to give McGregor a trilogy that summer in what proved to be one of the biggest pay-per-view events in the sport's history.

Poirier and McGregor had met once before, on the undercard of a Demetrious Johnson PPV event in 2014. On that day, McGregor was paid a base purse of $200,000 while Poirier made just $34,000.

Fast forward to their third meeting, both men were earning points on a show that reportedly sold to over 1.8million fans as well as a packed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. And after being mocked by a fan on Twitter for "Living off beating McGregor even though you’ve won nothing", Poirier responded by saying "[I] won my family financial freedom".

Between their three fights, particularly the two in 2021, both McGregor and Poirier are believed to have taken home eight-figures. Nevada, where the trilogy took place, and Abu Dhabi where the rematch happened, don't release official purses, but McGregor generally makes tens of millions, and Poirier will have made millions on each.

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