Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier meet in trilogy bout – and Poirier’s retirement fight in front of his home fans
NEW ORLEANS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s UFC 318 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in New Orleans and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 6 p.m. ET at Smoothie King Center. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Among those weighing in are former featherweight champion Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) and former interim lightweight champ Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC), who will meet for a third time. Poirier has won both meetings (2012, 2019) and is fighting for the final time in his career in front of his home fans.
Complete UFC 318 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Max Holloway () vs. Dustin Poirier () – for BMF title
- Paulo Costa () vs. Roman Kopylov ()
- Kevin Holland () vs. Daniel Rodriguez ()
- Patricio Freire () vs. Dan Ige ()
- Michael Johnson () vs. Daniel Zellhuber ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Vinicius Oliveira () vs. Kyler Phillips ()
- Brendan Allen () vs. Marvin Vettori ()
- Francisco Prado () vs. Nikolay Veretennikov ()
- Ateba Gautier () vs. Robert Valentin ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Islam Dulatov () vs. Adam Fugitt ()
- Jimmy Crute () vs. Marcin Prachnio ()
- Lukasz Brzeski () vs. Ryan Spann ()
- Brunno Ferreira () vs. Jackson McVey ()
- Nicolle Caliari () vs. Carli Judice ()
