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UFC 318 fight card -- Dustin Poirier vs Max Holloway 3

Is fighting at home in New Orleans an advantage for Dustin Poirier at UFC 318?

Poirier passed many familiar faces in the crowd, later saying, "I knew I'd have them on my side. They're bayou people. That's the way we are."

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UFC 318: Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier weigh in on Islam Makhachev's move to welterweight

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Dustin Poirier says fellow Louisiana native Lil Wayne will walk him out for UFC fight

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Max Holloway explains difference entering UFC 318 now fully committed to lightweight

Max Holloway's return to the lightweight division looks to be a lot different than times prior.

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Dustin Poirier Receives Message from Wife Jolie Before Final Fight at UFC 318

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Video! ‘Diamond’ Gets Emotional Letter From Super Fan

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UFC 318 'Embedded,' No. 3: Dustin Poirier measures up Max Holloway after faceoff

Poirier has two previous wins over Holloway in 2012 and 2019, making it a 13-year rivalry trilogy.

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UFC 318 Fight Card: Date, Time, Location, How To Watch Or Stream

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Dustin Poirier Makes Exciting Announcement Ahead of UFC 318

UFC 318, Manny Pacquiao, Usyk-Dubois 2 and more: 6 big questions for a super-sized fight weekend

If we’re lucky here in the combat domain, there are a couple of times a year the fight world explodes with options. This weekend is one of those.

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UFC veteran on 10-fight losing skid booked against undefeated prospect on a day’s notice

At 42 years old, Melvin Guillard is still an ‘anytime, anywhere’ kind of fighter. The 60-fight MMA veteran fought under the UFC banner 20 times against the likes of Nate Diaz, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, and more.

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UFC 318's Roman Kopylov views Paulo Costa as middleweight elite, despite recent skid

NEW ORLEANS – Paulo Costa has seen better days, but Roman Kopylov still considers him to be at elite level.

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New Orleans events: Wavves, UFC 318, of Montreal, LeTrainiump and more on July 14-20

New Orleans rapper Alfred Banks celebrates his birthday on Saturday, July 19, with a show at Gasa Gasa. He’ll be joined by La Reezy, who recently has been catching some national attention, and gifted lyricist Kaye the Beast. Music starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $19.29 via gasagasanola.com.

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Dustin Poirier confirms rap legend will make the walk with him for UFC 318 retirement after pitching dream scenario

During his media day interviews on UFC 318 fight week, Dustin Poirier confirmed that the dream scenario that he pitched for his final walk out is set to happen on Saturday night. Anyone who has been watching ‘The Diamond’ for some time knows that his walk out song of choice is the iconic James Brown track, ‘The Boss’.

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Marvin Vettori can't wait to hurt Brendan Allen at UFC 318: 'I don't like the guy'

"The Italian Dream" takes on bitter rival Brendan Allen on the preliminary card of Saturday's UFC pay-per-view event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Vettori (19-7-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) and Allen (24-7 MMA, 12-4 UFC) have plenty of history, more infamously getting into a brawl on the casino floor of the Hard Rock Hotel in South Florida.

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Patricio Freire identified calmness as debut mistake but vows to be violent at UFC 318

The fatal mistake wasn't nerves or jitters, no. It was quite the opposite. Freire (36-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) said his UFC 314 loss to Yair Rodriguez was the result of being too calm.