​Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor have shared the octagon three times and while there’s plenty of mutual respect, that doesn’t mean Poirier is above taking shots at his longtime rival.McGregor headlined UFC 329 this past Saturday against Max Holloway, but his first fight in five years ended in massive disappointment as he suffered a leg injury that forced the bout to be stopped 69 seconds into Round 1. Fans hoping to see a glimpse of McGregor’s past greatness could only watch in shock as the former two-division champion went down barely having a chance to fight.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPoirier was asked for his thoughts on the contest on the Deep Waters podcast and he didn’t hold back.“It couldn’t have happened to a better guy,” Poirier said. “That injury couldn’t happen to a better guy. I saw earlier this week, he said, ‘Karma’s a mirror’ and it definitely is. This guy’s a dirtbag.“I don’t know if it was nervous energy, I don’t know why you would start a fight like that, they’re saying this was planned to start the fight like that. There’s footage of him training to open the fight with this jump kick, but I just don’t understand why you would do that. That’s like a Hail Mary. You’re starting a Hail Mary to start a 25-minute fight. I don’t understand what was going on with that.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPoirier’s “karma” comment refers to McGregor’s appearance on the Smash Cast podcast, where he passed judgment on Poirier’s recent arrest for public drunkenness. The fighters also have a longer history of animosity, having fought three times, with Poirier winning the past two meetings. After McGregor broke his leg in their trilogy bout at UFC 264 in July 2021, he could be heard shouting death threats at Poirier and hurling insults at Poirier’s wife Jolie.On THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas, Poirier carried a different energy, sounding less celebratory when it came to McGregor’s injury, and going as far as to defend McGregor when asked if he felt “Notorious” decided to throw caution to the wind because he had a pre-existing health condition.“If that was the scenario and he knew he was injured and he just said, ‘It’s either me or him the first minute, somebody’s going to fall, I’m going to just go out there and get in his face and throw until one of us goes down,’ wouldn’t you do it with punches?” Poirier said. “Why would you do it with an injured weapon?”“I’ve just had a lot of time with Conor over the past 12 years and I just don’t think he’s a quitter like that. I don’t know if that’s possible with him. If he wanted a built-in excuse, a storyline that’s already wrote itself and he can blame it on his leg, do something dumb, I don’t know if he’s that type of guy. I’ll say a lot of bad stuff about him, but a quitter, I’m not sure. He’s a real competitor and wants to win and I doubt he needed the money. It’s not like he