NEW ORLEANS -- Dustin Poirier couldn't secure a win in the final fight of his storied UFC career on Saturday -- but ultimately, that mattered very little.
Poirier's final walk to the Octagon at UFC 318 inside King Smoothie Arena ended in a unanimous-decision loss to former featherweight champion Max Holloway, but it was still a fitting end to his 16-year professional career. The five-round BMF title fight saw several dramatic swings of momentum and culminated in the two meeting in the middle of Holloway's patented point-down exchange.
All three judges scored the lightweight bout for Holloway: 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47.