UFC icon Dustin Poirier retires
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Max Holloway leaned into his position of spoiler to Dustin Poirier's retirement fight, and it paid off at UFC 318 with a successful defense of his BMF title. After losing the first pair of meetings in February 2012 and April 2019,
Holloway defeated Dustin Poirier in a unanimous decision to retain the UFC BMF Championship in UFC 318 at the Smoothie King Center. The win for Holloway is the first in three fights against Poirier, who beat him in 2012 and 2019.
Round three of Max Holloway versus Dustin Poirier headlines UFC 318 as the current BMF champion, Holloway looks to finally take down his longtime rival.
The MMA community reacted to Max Holloway spoiling Dustin Poirier's retirement moment to defend the BMF belt at UFC 318.
UFC 318 takes place Saturday at Smoothie King Center, and you can watch a live video stream of the post-event news conference here on MMA Junkie. Expected to take part in the press conference are the winner and loser of the BMF championship trilogy fight between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier,