Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier
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NEW ORLEANS – Joe Rogan will miss out on commentating Dustin Poirier's final UFC fight. Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) challenges Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) for the BMF title in Saturday's UFC 318 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
Dustin Poirier retirement: Islam Makhachev, Justin Gaethje and more remember legacy of 'The Diamond'
Some of the biggest names in the sport help define Poirier's legacy ahead of his UFC 318 retirement fight vs. Max Holloway
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There are already questions about whether Dustin Poirier will move into boxing after his UFC retirement, as Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal have done. After losing to Islam Makhachev by submission last year,
Dustin Poirier's manager recounts his client's biggest moments entering UFC 318 and how the second Conor McGregor fight was not financially lucrative.
Poirier bounced back in a big way, emerging victorious from a brutal and bloody war with Pettis that had many touting it as the Fight of the Year. The finish came somewhat anticlimactically in round three, however, when Pettis appeared to tap out with Poirier on top of him out of nowhere.
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