Conor McGregor offered hope in bid to secure trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier

Dustin Poirier is open to fighting Conor McGregor for a third time – but doubts it would be for the UFC title.

Poirier stopped McGregor in the second round of their rematch last month, more than six years after losing to the Irishman.

McGregor now wants the UFC to strip Khabib Nurmagomedov of the title and put it on the line in an immediate trilogy fight with Poirier.

And the American is not ruling out a third fight, with McGregor aiming for a May date against his rival.

"It's 1-1," Poirier told ESPN . "I knocked him out; he knocked me out. The rubber match, it does make sense."

"I'm not sure if the UFC would do [it for the title]. Why wasn't that one for the belt? Politics? We're chasing Khabib? What's going on here? … I have no clue what direction they're going to move in.

"[Justin] Gaethje is coming off a loss too, we have [Michael] Chandler and there's [Charles] Oliveira.

"I don't know what they're going to do. I'll sit by my phone and when they call we'll figure it out."

Poirier's other options include Oliveira who defeated Tony Ferguson last year, and Chandler who shone on his UFC debut with a first-round KO of Dan Hooker.

"Coming off a title loss, beating atop-five guy, beating another top guy.. why wouldn't the title be on the line," Poirier added.

"Who else has put the resume together that I have in my last six, seven fights, whatever it has been?

"Also beating Conor, a two-weight world champion, adds another world champion to the list of guys I've taken out.

"I think I'm most deserving to be in a title fight out of all these guys but I don't know who it's going to be against."

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