Conor McGregor opens as favorite in likely rematch with Dustin Poirier

All symptoms place to Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier conference in the octagon yet again and so considerably, the oddsmakers like McGregor’s chances to pick up a different victory around “The Diamond.”

Betting web page BetOnline.ag has established McGregor as the beloved at -180 forward of a possible rematch with Poirier. Poirier is a slight underdog at +155. For reference, McGregor was a in close proximity to 3-to-1 (-280) favourite ahead of their 1st conference at UFC 178 again in September 2014 according to Tapology.

Though a next bout in between the two is not nevertheless official, McGregor declared Wednesday that he is eager to struggle Poirier on Jan. 23 with a most popular location of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Formerly, McGregor experienced demanded that the struggle come about in advance of the conclude of 2020. Poirier has also publicly said that he expects the rematch to turn into official at some place.

BetOnline.ag lists a placeholder day of Aug. 1, 2021, for the future matchup.

McGregor defeated Poirier by very first-spherical TKO in a featherweight bout at UFC 178. Since that time, McGregor went on to capture UFC championships at featherweight and lightweight when Poirier gained an interim lightweight title in April of past yr. Both equally guys have competed as soon as in 2020, with McGregor defeating Donald Cerrone in January and Poirier defeating Dan Hooker in June.