DUSTIN POIRIER will be challenging Charles Oliveira to the UFC lightweight title.
The match-up will be headlined by UFC 269 on Dec 11, and has been in development for two months.
Dustin Poirier will be fighting for the undisputed title of lightweight champion in December
Poirier, a fan favorite, revealed that the deal was completed early Monday morning by tweeting: "Signed. Sealed. Delivered."
SunSport has received confirmations from multiple sources that the clash between The Diamond and the Brazilian is over.
Poirier, 32 years old, won his second chance at lightweight gold after he beat Conor McGregor twice in a stoppage match.
In September 2019, the pride of Louisiana was challenged for 155lb Gold in a match with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The former interim titleholder was defeated by The Eagle in the third round of the unification bout.
Oliveira, the defending champion, will be entering the fight riding a nine-fight win streak that includes impressive victories over Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee.
In May, the 31-year old claimed the lightweight title with a second round TKO victory over Michael Chandler, a former three-time Bellator Welterweight champion.
Do Bronx, who was badly injured in the first round, rallied in the second round to win a fairytale run to UFC Gold.
The Brazilian jiujitsu star is bubbling with confidence as he prepares for his maiden title defense.
Sherdog was recently informed by him that Poirier is the most dangerous guy in the lightweight division.
"He always walks forward, but he thinks I'm on a different level.
"Both in striking as well as in the ground."
Oliveira believes that Poirier will submit, despite his dramatic improvements in his striking.
He said, "I would submit Poirier."
Poirier is well aware of the dangers posed by the skilled submission artist and told the Daily Mail that Olivier is very dangerous.
"I think he is improving in his striking, putting men down, he is long especially for that class of weight and I think he has the most skilled jiu jitsu practitioner on the UFC roster at the moment.
"He is aggressive and very offensive in his jiu jitsu.
He doesn't use it to defend himself or get out from bad situations, he uses it to attack people and ends fights with them so he's very dangerous opponent.
"It was my goal to be undisputed world champion from the beginning. If I can do that, it's all I have done in mixed martial arts."
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