Dustin Poirier reacts to Joe Rogan's absence from UFC 318 commentary for final fight
Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) challenges Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) for the BMF title in Saturday's UFC 318 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
Rogan will uncharacteristically be absent from a U.S. pay-per-view event. Instead, it'll be Paul Felder alongside Daniel Cormier and Jon Anik. "The Diamond" is just happy that his fellow native of Lafayette, La., will be on the call.
"Closing it out with Rogan would be cool, but also, DC, the legend he is, and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer he is, just everything he brings is awesome to be able to talk to him when it's all said and done," Poirier said during Wednesday's media day. "(He's) another Louisiana boy in New Orleans so, it's special."
Poirier will look to make it 3-0 against Holloway after submitting him in their first fight at UFC 143 in 2012, and outlasting him in an all-out war in their rematch to claim the interim lightweight title at UFC 236.
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