UFC, Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier
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Holloway defeated Dustin Poirier in a unanimous decision to retain the UFC BMF Championship in UFC 318 at the Smoothie King Center. The win for Holloway is the first in three fights against Poirier, who beat him in 2012 and 2019.
Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier lost to Max Holloway via unanimous decision in his final fight at UFC 318, ending his career with 39 wins and 10 losses.
Max Holloway may have played the role of the villain to the Louisiana faithful Saturday night when he denied native son Dustin Poirier the BMF championship belt at UFC 318, but on Sunday morning he was any other guy looking for some New Orleans comfort food.
‘DC’ made his choice for who would top a BMF ranking, naming former lightweight champ Charles Oliveira worthy of the No. 1 spot.
After losing the first pair of meetings in February 2012 and April 2019, Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23-8 UFC) was determined not to let Poirier (30-10 MMA, 22-9 UFC) sweep their series in his exit from the sport on Saturday at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.