UFC-Norfolk headliner Dustin Poirier on using his fight gear to raise money for good causes
Channel: TOP FlasH
Date: 12/11/2017

UFC 211 in May. He’ll do the same after tonight’s main event in Virginia.

Poirier (21-5 MMA, 13-4 UFC) takes on former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis (20-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 120 main event. And when he’s done, his fight gear will be up on eBay with the proceeds going to a cause near and dear to him.

UFC Fight Night 120 takes place at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

In May, Poirier raised $5,100 – more than 3,000 meals, he told MMAjunkie – for the Second Harvest Food Bank in his home city of Lafayette, La. Tonight’s fight gear will raise money he says will go directly to the widow and children of Lafayette Police Cpl. Michael Middlebrook, who was killed in the line of duty in October.

Poirier said each fight the rest of his career, he’ll choose a new cause to raise money for, and said he always will make sure the funds go straight to the source, not through a big company.

Check out the video above to hear from Poirier about the motivation behind auctioning off his fight gear every fight going forward.

For more on UFC Fight Night 120, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.