Dustin Poirier will revolve around his professional MMA career in UFC 318's BMF title battle with Max Holloway.
This will be the third time the two have shared the UFC octagon, with “Diamond” winning the first two battles in 2012 and 2019, respectively.
Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier trilogy confirmed as UFC 318 main event
The main events of UFC 318 have been confirmed, with Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier landing on July 19 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Not only is this a striking major event, but it is also the third time that Diamonds and Blessings are fighting in their respective UFC professions.
The two fought for the first time in 2012, and it was actually Holloway's UFC debut. The battle was in a lightweight match, and it was Poirier who beat the Hawaiian in the first round, with his hand raised, handing him the first career failure in the process.
The second Poirier vs Holloway dance was in 2019, this time it was lightweight. Holloway won 13 battle streaks this time, including four consecutive UFC lightweight championship victories.
In fact, Holloway made his light debut in UFC, Poirier once again raised his hand at UFC 236. Although the battle started the distance, Poirier did it after five rounds.
Although Poirier's head-on competition was 2-0, the third fight made perfect sense. This is because both are approaching the end of their careers, especially the “diamond”. In fact, Poirier revealed that no matter what the outcome was, it was his farewell struggle.
Holloway entered the fight after losing to Ilia Topuria at UFC 308, and was eliminated for the first time in his career after trying to become a two-time UFC lightweight champion.
Poirier also lost to a heavyweight star Islam Makhachev to win the UFC lightweight title. Holloway vs Poirier 3 makes total sense, it's a battle that simply cannot be delivered. period.
Who will be the worst of them? ? ?
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– UFC (@UFC) April 25, 2025
Dustin Poirier Retirement Fight Online BMF Champion
The Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier trilogy is not only a engaging lightweight match, but it will also be a coveted BMF title.
UFC President Dana White first created the BMF champion in 2019, with only three fights in total, and the coveted belt.
Both Poirier and Holloway compete for the BMF championship with “blessings” before dominating the champion's “blessings”. He beat Justin Gaethje at the UFC 300, defeating the “Highlights” in the most dramatic way at the end of the 5th round.
Gaethje has been holding his belt since defeating Poirier in UFC 291's lightweight match. The only other symbolic BMF belt battles held at UFC 244 in 2019 are Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz.
It makes total sense to add BMF titles on the ranks of Holloway vs Poirier Trilogy. Not only did Dustin Poirier have a chance to beat Max Holloway for the third time in the retirement battle, but he also won the BMF belt before riding to sunset.
UFC 318 is surely already an exciting night for MMA action, the only battle announced!
The Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier trilogy has begun. On July 19, the smoothie center in New Orleans will be fanatic, and Priel’s retirement struggle is the historic third battle with fellow UFC “blessing” Holloway.
In the UFC 318 main event, we have a fight in our hands.
