Tomorrow, one of the best lightweight Mixed Martial Artists will hang up his gloves and ride off into the sunset.
Dustin Poirier meets Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 318. This is the third fight between Poirier and Holloway, with the ledger at one-all. Can Poirier leave the Octagon for the final time as a winner, or will Holloway spoil the party? Sport can be cruel, with athletes not getting their fairytale ending. Fight fans will be hoping this time is different.
Embed from Getty ImagesIn the co-main event, Paulo Costa fights Roman Kopylov. Costa has won one out of his last five fights and needs a win here. After a loss to Anthony Hernandez at UFC 298, Kopylov has won his previous two fights against Cesar Almeida and Chris Curtis. Beating Costa will move the Russian closer to the top ten.
Embed from Getty ImagesAustralian fighter Jimmy Crute is featured on the preliminary card, fighting Marcin Prachnio.
Here is the full fight card:
UFC 318 Fight Card
Main Card
Dustin Poirier vs Max Holloway
Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov
Kevin Holland vs Daniel Rodriguez
Dan Ige vs Patricio Freire
Michael Johnson vs Daniel Zellhuber
Preliminary Card
Kyler Phillips vs Vinicius Oliveira
Marvin Vettori vs Brendan Allen
Francisco Prado vs Nikolay Veretennikov
Ateba Gautier vs Robert Valentin
Early Preliminary Card
Adam Fugitt vs Islam Dulatov
Jimmy Crute vs Marcin Prachnio
Ryan Spann vs Lukasz Brzeski
Brunno Ferreira vs Jackson McVey
Carli Judice vs Nicolle Caliari
The early preliminary card starts at 8 a.m. on UFC Fight Pass, the preliminary card kicks off at 10 a.m. on ESPN, and the main card gets underway at midday on Pay-Per-View.