Dustin Poirier was around after UFC 271 to answer questions from the media. The topic quickly became about Colby Covington and whether or not the two could eventually fight after UFC 272.

Colby Covington has serious beef with Dustin Poirier and the two famously don't like each other. The UFC lightweight doesn't want to fight him for a very interesting reason.

“I’ll never fight Colby in an octagon where there’s finances on the line,” Poirier explained via MMAJunkie. “If I fight Colby, we’re both going to jail. I’m going to jail. I’m not going to fight him in the octagon. He’s not going to make money off my career and what I’ve done.

“This is something different. You’ll never see me fighting Colby Covington in the UFC.”

Dustin Poirier doesn't want Colby Covington to make any money off of him. It's an interesting statement and one that his teammate Jorge Masvidal appears to disagree with ahead of UFC 272.

Jorge Masvidal is set to take on Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 272. Dustin Poirier already knows who he's going for in that fight.

“Jorge is a guy who I’ve been around the last 11 years,” Poirier said at UFC 271. “He’s helped me out with knowledge and insight to the game. He’s a pioneer of the sport. He was doing it way before it was cool. So guys like that, even if I wasn’t friends with him, I respect guys like that. …

“I’m rooting for Jorge, obviously. He’s a teammate, a friend and a part of me bumping out to lightweight back when was at 145. One day at the gym, sitting back, he said, ‘Dude, just do it. You’re not getting overwhelmed by the strength of me.’ That’s when he was still at 155. Jorge is just a good dude and I want to see him succeed.

“I know he’s working hard. I know Bo Nickal is down there at American Top Team. We have a lot of good wrestlers there, so he’s preparing his wrestling game. His fight IQ and skill is going to speak for itself in this fight. But it is fighting. I’m rooting for Jorge.”