UFC President Dana White has confirmed a third bout between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.
White announced on Twitter that the next battle between the two lightweight champions will take place on July 10 at
UFC 264 Live in Las Vegas:
In recent weeks, there has been mounting talk that McGregor and Poirier were close to agreeing to a bout.
On March 29, ESPN's Ariel Helwani stated that the fight was "nearing completion."
Both combatants participated in online squabbles when Poirier called out McGregor for failing to fulfil his vow to contribute $500,000 to the Diamond's charity in the lead-up to their fight at UFC 257.
On Sunday, Poirier tweeted that McGregor and his crew "stopped responding" to pleas to make good on the pledge. The Notorious responded yesterday by tweeting (warning: link includes profanity) that the "fight is off" and that he would hunt for a new opponent on July 10.
Poirier and McGregor have split their first two fights. McGregor won the first fight with a first-round TKO at UFC 178 in September 2014, when they contested in the featherweight category.
Poirier avenged himself in the rematch in January, scoring a second-round TKO. The third battle, like the second, will be fought at 155 pounds.