Holloway was not intimidated, however, as he stood up to Poirier in front of the hostile crowd. "Blessed" will need to overcome that element at UFC 318 in addition to trying to avenge a submission loss to Poirier at UFC 143 in February 2012 and a unanimous decision defeat in the rematch at UFC 236 in April 2019.

UFC President Dana White joins Colin Cowherd to preview UFC 318’s main event between Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway. He also shares his role in promoting the Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford super fight and what fans can expect from the boxing event of the year.

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.

Costa (14-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) will look to snap a two-fight skid when he takes on rising middleweight Roman Kopylov (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in Saturday's co-main event ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The former title challenger has lost four of his past five, and Bisping questions his mindset.

UFC 318 star Patricio Pitbull was so confident in his chances of beating the UFC’s best that he was even ready to wager $1 million with Dana White. Pitbull faces Dan Ige at UFC 318 in his return to action this Saturday. The 38-year-old is looking to make ...

Fans are hyped for the action-packed UFC 318. The pay-per-view event features a highly anticipated main event between Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway. In the co-main, Paulo Costa returns after a long layoff to face Roman Kopylov.

On the fifth episode of UFC 318 "Embedded," Dan Ige and Daniel Zellhuber play cards before hitting the pre-fight press conference.