Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor is ON! Dana White confirms trilogy bout at UFC 264 on July 10

Conor McGregor has threatened that his anticipated trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier is off but UFC president Dana White has confirmed that it will happen on July 10 in Las Vegas.

On Wednesday, White took to Twitter to announce that the two rivals will meet in the octagon for a third time in just under three months at the T-Mobile Arena.

In addition, the headline fight at UFC 264 will take place at a full-capacity venue – meaning there will be 20,000 supporters with a ticket inside the Sin City location.

Conor McGregor (left) and Dustin Poirier will meet at UFC 264 in Las Vegas on July 10

Upon White’s update, McGregor retweeted the UFC’s post advertising the fact that tickets are on sale.

This is a complete U-turn on his stance following his declaration that the fight was off on Monday after a furious Twitter spat with Poirier.

A row between the lightweight contenders erupted after Poirier said the half a million that McGregor promised to donate to the American’s charity was never paid. 

McGregor hit back, arguing that he never sends funds unless there was detailed evidence of where the money would go. And now the ‘Notorious’ has been so incensed that he is refusing to fight Poirier.

The former two-weight champion took to social media again on Monday afternoon and posted a furious message. 

McGregor retweeted a link for fans to buy tickets soon after White’s announcement in a U-turn

He wrote: ‘You’re ripped you inbred hillbilly. Why do you wink with your ears? You f*****g brain dead hillbilly. 500k with no plan in place. Ye hang tight. Fool. 

‘You must be new to money. The fight is off btw. I’m going to fight someone else on the 10th. Good luck on your old contract kid.’

He then went on: ‘My team does their due diligence to make sure every donation meets the mark. My generosity is known. 

‘You will pay with your brain for this attempt at smearing my name. Shooting ass shelling ass b****. Little b***** kicks from a shell. Good luck when you’re caught. You’re f*****.’

Earlier in the day, Poirier responded to the Irishman claiming he will win the trilogy fight with a ‘front kick to the nose’ at UFC 264, by tweeting: ‘That’s a fun prediction! you also predicted a donation to my foundation and you and your team stopped responding after the fight in January. See you soon. July 10th Paid In Full!’ 

Poirier swiftly replied to McGregor’s tirade with a clip of him knocking the Irishman out 

‘The Diamond’ said McGregor stopped responding to the foundation after the fight in January

Poirier added: ‘We thanked him because his team reached out fight week to initiate the process but ghosted us the past 2 months after the fight. 

‘My foundation has reached out 3 times since with no reply. We’ve moved past it! We will be announcing our next goal soon! It’s a big one.’

In response to his rival’s claims, McGregor said: ‘A donation, not a debt. We’ve been awaiting the plans for the money that never came. I do with all my donations. Know where it’s going dot for dot. Otherwise it goes walking. 

‘As is the case with a lot of these foundations, sadly. You took the McG over the belt shows I was right.’

Poirier responded: ‘100% never a debt. You offered, we accepted, and like I said your Team never responded to our emails regarding the process of where funds would be put to work! July 10th you will taste defeat yet Again.’

Poirier then said the ‘Good Fight Foundation’ reached out three times with no reply back

Poirier was firm on his stance as he again claimed McGregor’s camp failed to respond

McGregor suffered a shock defeat by Poirier in January in the main event of UFC 257