Dustin Poirier wants to give Eddie Alvarez a couple of nicely wrapped 'Christmas presents'

Dustin Poirier really wants a rematch with Eddie Alvarez. There’s just no two ways about it.

Poirier made that very clear in the post-fight press conference following his TKO win over Anthony Pettis last month at UFC Fight Night 120.

“I hope Eddie wins, so we can build this up to what it should be,” Poirier told MMAjunkie. “I should have (had) an automatic rematch. He shouldn’t have been rewarded with a TV show and more publicity and another big fight against another ranked guy.

“He cheated and got out of a fight that he was losing, and he should have been forced to run it back with me.”

“I hope Eddie wins” was in reference to beating Justin Gaethje, which Alvarez did in violent fashion earlier this month at UFC 218.

“He cheated and got out of a fight that he was losing,” of course, was in reference to their no-contest in May at UFC 211. Alvarez (29-5, MMA, 4-2 UFC) landed a trio of illegal knees against Poirier (22-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in the second round, but the blows were ruled accidental and no winner was declared.

Poirier later appealed the result but to no avail. Ever since, he’s continued to lobby for a rematch, which he did yet again with a clever tweet Tuesday night in the spirit of the holiday season (via Twitter):

Took my time today and wrapped your Christmas presents nice @Ealvarezfight

Poirier followed that tweet up with a response to Alvarez’s claim of wanting a “mega-fight” now that he has only one fight left on his UFC contract.

Let’s just put these guys in the octagon again so Alvarez can defend his
“Most Violent Man” title. How about the UFC makes that a Christmas present to all of us? Everybody cool with that?

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