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Max Holloway To Defend BMF Title Against Dustin Poirier At UFC 318

UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier announced on The Pat McAfee Show that he will make his final walk to the Octagon when UFC returns to New Orleans for UFC 318 on July 19. In the main event, BMF champion Max Holloway will defend his belt against the hometown favorite in a trilogy matchup built on over a decade of shared history.

“There’s not a better guy I could think to fight in my retirement fight,” Poirier told Pat McAfee. "He’s a legend, former [undisputed] champion, current BMF champion, so we’re going to put on another war.