Fight by Fight Preview | UFC 318: Holloway against Poirier 3

In the UFC 318 Main event there is a third time in the UFC 318 event, since Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier hang in balance with the BMF title.

Holloway called for the title with an outstanding performance and a emphatic finish of Justin Gaethje last year at UFC 300. After this victory, he went back into the spring weight with designs to the throne, just to be colored by Ilia Topuria.

Poirier was the first time since the combat map in June 2015 in his home state, where he quickly stopped Yancy Medeiros. After his victory in the second round against Benoit Saint Denis last March, the 36-year-old was neglected to avert the light title from Islam Makhachev at UFC 302.

Order UFC 318: Holloway against Poirier 3

These two are familiar with each other after they have fought twice in the past. While her first meeting at the beginning of her career and at short notice in a preliminary title against UFC 236, and Poirier claimed a unanimous decision win. This is the last walk to the Oktagon for the beloved veteran competitor, and Holloway is the ideal opponent at the moment when he is trying to defend his title and spoil Poirier's swan song and at the same time to achieve a measure of revenge.

No matter how it releases it, it promises to be intoxicating, and an appropriate opportunity for one of the most all-action fighters in the UFC history, to drive into the sunset

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