Dustin Poirier Apologized to Eddie Alvarez After UFC on FOX 30 Win

Dustin Poirier spoke with reporters about his reaction following his win at UFC on FOX 30 over Eddie Alvarez. Highlights are below, per MMAjunkie:

On apologizing after the fight to Alvarez’s team for his actions after the win: “I felt like Eddie and his whole team, they didn’t say anything, but they rode with him when he said all that foul stuff about me. That I quit, that I wanted out, that I broke. I felt like they’re part of that. If you’re riding with him and standing around him while he’s screaming stuff like that, I don’t like you so much, either. That was the heat of that. I apologized to everybody after when we got to the back. To Eddie, to Mark (Henry), to all of his other cornermen. I shouldn’t have done that. It was very immature. That was just the heat of the moment and I had some animosity from some stuff Eddie said in the lead-up to the fight. I would never quit. I’m a fighter through and through.”

On setting his differences with Alvarez aside: “Even though he stuck his finger in my ear tonight – he penetrated my ear – I still respect the guy. We spoke out back after the fight. He said a couple things to me that – I respect the guy. I don’t want to talk about (what he said).”

On what’s next for Alvarez: “There’s still a lot of fun fights. Coming into this fight I didn’t respect him because of things he was saying after our first fight, but I’m a fan. I’m a fan of the guy for a long time. Back to his fights in DREAM I’ve been watching his fights and enjoying them. I was so excited when him and Justin Gaethje got announced. I was upset it wasn’t me fighting Eddie, but I was excited for that fight because I’m a fan of the sport. Only Eddie knows what’s next for him. Maybe there’s more money out there, better opportunities. I don’t know. It’s not for me to say. But I’ll be watching him wherever he goes.”