UFC, Max Holloway and BMF
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Daniel Cormier has two people in mind to put the BMF belt around the UFC 318 winner. Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) defends his BMF title in a trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) on Saturday (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
Legendary UFC Fighter and Louisiana native Dustin Poirier will end his career in his home state Saturday. The No. 6 lightweight, Poirier collides with the current UFC BMF champion Max Holloway in the main event. UFC ®318: HOLLOWAY vs POIRIER 3 takes place Saturday, July 19 from the Smoothie King Center.
When the BMF title was first created by the UFC in 2019, there were various split opinions about the championship. Some called it genius, some called it a
Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) defends his BMF title against the retiring Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 318 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
And ahead of his UFC 318 BMF title defence at lightweight, Holloway found himself still ranked number one in the 145lb division which he claimed was ‘ridiculous’. However, just days before his clash against Poirier in Louisiana, Holloway has been removed from the featherweight rankings after his pre-fight request.
UFC 318 marks the return of the sport to New Orleans for the first time in 10 years. The 14-bout fight card is headlined by one of Louisiana’s own, Dustin Poirier, who’s competing for the final time in his storied mixed martial arts career as he takes on an old rival and fellow fan favourite in Max Holloway.
'El Matador' is the new No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter after knocking out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317. His last three wins contain two featherweight greats in Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, whom he knocked out in devastating fashion.
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