Live results, analysis from UFC 318: Poirier vs. Holloway 3

Dustin Poirier volition marque his last locomotion to the UFC Octagon successful his location authorities of Louisiana to look his longtime rival Max Holloway for the BMF rubric connected Saturday successful the main lawsuit of UFC 318 (10 p.m. ET connected ESPN+ PPV; prelims astatine 6 p.m. ET connected ESPN2/ESPN+). "The Diamond" volition beryllium making his 41st nonrecreational combat and 31st win. Both Poirier and Holloway person 22 UFC wins. With a 23rd, 1 combatant volition articulation Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Charles Oliveira and Andrei Arlovski astatine No. 2 connected the vocation wins list.

Poirier and Holloway person fought doubly before, and Poirier saw his manus raised connected some occasions. In their archetypal combat successful 2012, Poirier welcomed the then-20-year-old Holloway to the UFC with a first-round triangle armbar. It inactive the lone clip Holloway has been submitted successful his career. Seven years later, they met for the interim lightweight belt, and Poirier ended Holloway's 13-fight triumph streak by unanimous decision.

This clip around, Holloway volition beryllium making his archetypal defence of the BMF loop helium defeated Justin Gaethje for past April. Holloway is the astir progressive striker successful UFC history, with a UFC grounds 3,457 important strikes successful 30 fights. He's landed implicit 100 important strikes per combat successful a grounds 16 UFC bouts.

Also connected the main card, middleweights Paulo Costa and Roman Kopylov, who some decorativeness opponents astatine a 86% clip, conscionable connected other ends of the momentum spectrum. Costa has mislaid 4 of his past 5 fights, including the existent two-loss streak, portion Kopylov has won his past 2 and 5 of his past 7 fights.

In all, New Orleans volition signifier 14 UFC fights betwixt the prelim and main cards. Follow on with Brett Okamoto and Jeff Wagenheim arsenic they relay each sights and sounds from the Smoothie King Center and supply investigation and results.