Dustin Poisier won the second match against Connor McGregor in January, with TKO beating the Irishman in the second leg, which also lifted his official ranking to the top of the lightweight list.
However, instead of fighting for the lightweight title vacated by Habib Numangmodov after his departure, Powell accepted a three-pronged battle with McGregor.
Although some people are puzzled, in the eyes of Powell's head coach Mike Brown, this is a good choice with long-term intentions, which is very beneficial to Powarille's future career and income.
This is the right choice. Connor is the number one box office guarantee in the world of fighting today, and I think this three-game battle will be a better-selling game than any other game, and it has the potential to become the best-selling PPV event ever, because this battle has such an appeal and has the possibility. The championship battle is not going to run, and after this race, I think he is the next champion challenger.
Poisier is still getting better and better, he's giving more than anybody else, he's focused on the long term, and he's more than anyone worthy of that opportunity.
In UFC 262, Charles Oliveira defeated Michael Chandler in the second leg TKO to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion. His first challenger is likely to be the winner of the triple game between Povarier and McGregor in UFC 264 on July 10.
Brown believes Powell will win the triple game. While the Irishman was bound to prepare for Powell's low sweep in the coming games, in Brown's view, his beloved had more means of winning.
I think Connor and his team have always believed that the low sweep was the only reason he lost to Poisier, but in fact he was not KO by Povarier's low sweep. I'm happy with what we're preparing for this triple battle at the moment, and we're very confident about winning again.
Fighting is very complex, and low sweeping is just one of many ways to win. We've been talking about low sweeps now, but Poisier has plenty of other winning weapons.