UFC, Poirier and Max Holloway
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Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier lost to Max Holloway via unanimous decision in his final fight at UFC 318, ending his career with 39 wins and 10 losses.
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.
Max Holloway may have played the role of the villain to the Louisiana faithful Saturday night when he denied native son Dustin Poirier the BMF championship belt at UFC 318, but on Sunday morning he was any other guy looking for some New Orleans comfort food.
Following UFC 318, here is what I think should be next for the stars of the event in Max Holloway who defended his BMF belt.
The BMF title was up for grabs for only the fourth time at UFC 318. And Max Holloway became the first in UFC history to defend the coveted belt when he outpointed Dustin Poirier in the New Orleans
Dustin Poirier's daughter gifted him a "Best Dad Ever" belt after his retirement fight 🥹❤️ "I don't have the BMF but I got the BDE… I'm proud of this one. Life is good man." 🎥 @arielhelwani pic.twitter.com/gkG2OJPbG7 “I don’t have the BMF, but I got the BDE, bro.
The entire UFC 318 main card, along with Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier, had faceoffs at the press conference.
UFC 318 is built around a BMF title bout with Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) and the retirement fight of Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC), who meet in a lightweight trilogy bout at the top of the card.