Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
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UFC 318 will feature Max Holloway facing off against Dustin Poirier for his final UFC fight on Saturday. Here is what to know.
UFC President Dana White joins Colin Cowherd to preview UFC 318’s main event between Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway. He also shares his role in promoting the Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford super fight and what fans can expect from the boxing event of the year.
Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway’s careers eerily align as two legends collide in a high-stakes BMF showdown at UFC 318.
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SB Nation on MSNDustin Poirier’s head coach: ‘It would have to be something pretty enticing’ to bring him back from retirement after UFC 318Dustin Poirier really is going for the fairytale ending to his career with a fight booked against Max Holloway in his home state of Louisiana at UFC 318. Jon Jones barely let the ink dry on his retirement paperwork before declaring his intention to return but Poirier’s longtime head coach Mike Brown really does believes this is the final fight for the one-time interim UFC lightweight champion.
In the main event of UFC 318 this weekend, Dustin Poirier fights for the final time and aims to take the ‘Baddest Motherf*****’ title from his old rival Max Holloway. Poirier, a fan favourite and lightweight legend, will bow out in his home state of Louisiana, duelling with Holloway for the third time.
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Daniel Cormier has two people in mind to put the BMF belt around the UFC 318 winner. Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) defends his BMF title in a trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) on Saturday (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.