UFC, Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier
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The panel discusses the aftermath to Max Holloway's win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 and the possibillity of a rematch versus champion Ilia Topuria
Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23- 8 UFC) retained his BMF title by outlasting the retiring Dustin Poirier (30-10 MMA, 22-9 UFC) in Saturday's main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Holloway had Poirier in trouble a couple of times and outstruck "The Diamond" over the course of the fight. Cormier was very impressed with Holloway's performance.
Max Holloway's next fight could be coming to fruition, as the BMF champion put an old rival on blast for making excuses for their loss in 2015.
Max Holloway's next fight is a hot topic. We look at the betting odds when it comes to who the UFC BMF champion could face after his UFC 318 win over Dustin Poirier.
Alexander Volkanovski was full of praise for his three-time rival after watching him win at UFC 318. Max Holloway outpointed Dustin Poirier over five rounds to retain his BMF belt on Saturday night. The judges’ scorecards were unanimous and lopsided in his favor, but ‘Blessed’ did endure a scary moment at the end of round two.
Max Holloway is pushing for a radical, and perhaps controversial, change after defending his BMF title at UFC 318.
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.
The full UFC 318 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Max Holloway: $42,000 def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000 Paulo Costa: $11,000 def. Roman Kopylov: $6,000 Daniel Rodriguez: $11,000 def. Kevin Holland: $21,000 Patricio Freire: $4,000 def. Dan Ige: $16,000 Michael Johnson: $21,000 def. Daniel Zellhuber: $6,000
It's official, Dustin Poirier has retired, and the UFC loses one of its most reliable all-action lightweight stars. Poirier ended his run with the promotion following a decision loss to longtime rival Max Holloway at UFC 318.
Max Holloway is open to rematching Charles Oliveira in his next fight if he doesn't get a title shot at lightweight.
The best UFC 318 betting promos for Hollow vs. Poirier score $1000s in bonuses from sportsbooks like DraftKings, BetMGM and bet365.