Poirier passed many familiar faces in the crowd, later saying, "I knew I'd have them on my side. They're bayou people. That's the way we are."

The ESPN+ card will go down inside the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA, and be headlined by a BMF title fight when current champ Max Holloway defends the belt for the first time in a clash wi...

Poirier has two previous wins over Holloway in 2012 and 2019, making it a 13-year rivalry trilogy.