“Irish fans are going to be talking about this for a long time.”

The main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Dublin has been cancelled.

Joseph Duffy was one of European MMA’s rising stars when he made the brief switch to professional boxing in 2013. Now 28, he has taken the UFC by storm since his first fight last March and he will headline Fight Night 77 in Dublin’s 3Arena on October 24.

Irish UFC fighter Joseph Duffy will take on the highly rated Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier in Dublin in October.