There is a stacked card featuring 14 fights ready to take place on Saturday, July 19 when UFC 318 takes place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, where Max Holloway defends the BMF Title in his third career bout with Dustin Poirier.
The fight card is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. EDT with Early Prelims and will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes before switching over to ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 8 p.m. EDT for the Prelims. Fans looking to watch this weekend’s UFC action can do so for free by using DIRECTV, which offers a free trial, or FuboTV, which also offers a free trial along with up to $25 off your first month. SlingTV does not offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available to watch the fights.
The Main Card is scheduled to start around 10 p.m. EDT and will be available exclusively through ESPN PPV.
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Holloway has been unable to defeat Poirier so far, losing to him at UFC 143, Holloway’s first ever UFC match, and at UFC 236, where they headlined in a bout for the Interim Lightweight Championship. Poirier won the first match with an armbar in the first round and he took the second by unanimous decision after five rounds of action.
And now, Poirier gets his second shot at the BMF Title after losing to Justin Gaethje at UFC 291 on July 29, 2023 thanks to a head kick that knocked him out in the second round. Poirier had one his first meeting with Gaethje with a fourth round knockout, and then a year later he defeated Holloway at UFC 236.
Holloway would eventually go on to get his own shot at Gaethje, which is how he ended up with the BMF Title. At UFC 300 on April 13, 2024, Holloway earned a knockout in the final seconds of the fifth round by way of a right hand to the chin, claiming the belt to cement his status as one of the toughest in UFC. And now he will defend that title against a man he has yet to best in the octagon.
There are five matches lined up for the Early Prelims on the card and four on the Prelims. The Main Card features five bouts.
Fight Card
| Who | Weight Class | Main Card, Prelims, Early Prelims |
|---|---|---|
| Carli Judice vs. Nicolle Caliari | Women’s Flyweight | Early Prelims |
| Brunno Ferreira vs. Jackson McVey | Middleweight | Early Prelims |
| Ryan SPann vs. Lukasz Brzeski | Heavyweight | Early Prelims |
| Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio | Light Heavyweight | Early Prelims |
| Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov | Welterweight | Early Prelims |
| Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin | Middleweight | Prelims |
| Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov | Welterweight | Prelims |
| Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen | Middleweight | Prelims |
| Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira | Bantamweight | Prelims |
| Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber | Lightweight | Main Card |
| Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull | Featherweight | Main Card |
| Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov | Middleweight | Main Card |
| Max Holloway (c) vs. Dustin Poirier | Lightweight bout for BMF Title | Main Card |
Main Event Tale of the Tape
| Max Holloway (c) | Dustin Poirier | |
|---|---|---|
| 26-8-0 | Record | 30-9-0, 1 NC |
| Loss by third round KO/TKO | Last Fight | Loss by fifth round submission |
| 5′11″ | Height | 5′9″ |
| 155 lbs | Weight | 164 lbs |
| 69 in | Reach | 72 in |
| 42 in | Leg Reach | 40.5 in |
| United States | Country | United States |
Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans
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