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New Orleans — Max Holloway had to play spoiler at UFC 318, raining all over the retirement parade of Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier, who was looking to sail off into the sunset at home in Louisiana, ending his own...

New Orleans — UFC 318 has come and gone, Dustin Poirier retired off a loss to "BMF" champ Max Holloway, and the promotion's return to New Orleans was a highly entertaining affair. UFC CEO and President Dana White addressed all...

New Orleans — Coming off his first victory under the UFC banner, former Bellator MMA double champ (featherweight and lightweight) Patricio Pitbull knows he can do better. Like his promotional debut in April against Yair Rodriguez, Pitbull (37-8) looked to...

New Orleans played host to UFC 318 on Saturday, and the card did not lack on action. The first six fights on the preliminary card ended in finishes, and some thrilling battles transpired later in the evening, including a pair...

Dustin Poirier made the walk to the octagon for the final time at UFC 318, challenging Max Holloway for the UFC's "BMF" belt at home in Louisiana. Poirier's final fight, set in New Orleans, was the rare case of a...

Middleweight Roman Kopylov, coming off a head kick finish of Chris Curtis, faced off with ex-title challenger Paulo Costa at UFC 318 on Saturday. Costa was 1-4 across five fights dating back to his 2020 title challenge against then-champ Israel...

Kevin Holland entered UFC 318 off wins over Gunnar Nelson and Vicente Luque, and was looking to make it three in a row in a welterweight fight with Daniel Rodriguez. Rodriguez had also captured two straight wins, against Santiago Ponzinibbio...

Former Bellator MMA double champ Patricio Pitbull was in search of his first win inside the octagon at UFC 318, where he took on Hawaii's "50K" Dan Ige. Pitbull had lost a lackluster decision to Yair Rodriguez in his debut...

Longtime UFC veteran Michael Johnson kicked off the UFC 318 card on Saturday, paired up with a young up-and-comer in Daniel Zellhuber. The lightweight fight found Zellhuber looking to bounce back from a loss to Esteban Ribovics at Noche UFC...

The featured prelim at UFC 318 in New Orleans on Saturday saw bantamweights Kyler Phillips and Vinicius Oliveira face off. Phillips, a.k.a. "The Matrix," had seen a three-fight win streak snapped by Rob Font last time out. As for Oliveira,...