The UFC 318 fight card is headlined by a trilogy bout at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Saturday night.
In the main event, “BMF” champion Max Holloway squares off with longtime rival Dustin Poirier for a third time in what is the final fight of Poirier’s storied career. Poirier has twice defeated Holloway, once at featherweight and once at lightweight, and he looks to put a stamp on their series and author a fairy tale ending in his native Louisiana.
One-time middleweight title challenger Paulo
Costa faces knockout artist Roman Kopylov, winner of six of his past seven, in the co-main event.
Check out the UFC 318 fight card below.
Main Card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier
Kevin Holland vs. Danial Rodriguez
Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira
Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen
Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov
Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin
Early Prelims (ESPN2, ESPN+/Disney+ at 6 p.m. ET)
Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio
Brunno Ferreira vs. Jackson McVey
Carli Judice vs. Nicolle Caliari
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