Poirier is 10-2-1 at LW with wins over Gaethje, Alvarez, Ferreira and Hooker who are all top 10 wins. He beat Max Holloway while he was the reigning FW champion on what, a 12 fight win streak? He derailed Joe Duffy who was a favorite and on a meteoric rise at the time. Poirier has headlined 2 PPV cards and is a former interim champion? He's an incredibly exciting fight who's been in 2 or 3 FOTY candidates? (Korean Zombie, Gaethje, Hooker).
He's he gets paid around 150k/150k right now. Dudes worth a lot more than that, period. But to fight Ferguson on a PPV for that little? Kinda absurd. Poirier has beaten all the elite competition hes faced at LW besides Khabib. The guy is promotable, good looking and a great person. Negotiating for part of a PPV cut or a bump in pay makes a lot of sense. The guy is ij his prime, all wars aside his defense has gotten so much better over the years and he's probably got 2-3 more years ontop as an elite guy easy.
He deserves a lot more.