Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-07-19, pretty good mma bout: Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3 gets three stars.Poirier vs Holloway 3 is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 19th, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans (Louisiana, United States), in a 5-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the “BMF” title – UFC 318. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Max Holloway record
The former Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-8-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world.
In his last three bouts he has beat Chan Sung Jung (Max Holloway vs Chan Sung Jung) and Justin Gaethje (Justin Gaethje vs Max HollowayIlia Topuria vs Max Holloway).
If you want to watch Holloway’s best fights, we suggest three bouts:
- Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega (Users’ Mma Fight of the Year 2018),
- Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 2 (match ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2019),
- Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar (4-stars match).
Dustin Poirier record
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former interim Ufc Lw champ Dustin Poirier, has an official record of 30-9-0 (77% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the lightweight division.
He lost two out of his last three fights, against Justin Gaethje in 2023 (4-stars match and also ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023, Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje 2) and against Islam Makhachev in 2024 (Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier), between these two he beat Benoit St Denis (Dustin Poirier vs Benoit St Denis).
Among the best fights of Poirier, we suggest four bouts:
- Chan Sung Jung vs Dustin Poirier, five-stars match of 2012
- Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje I, four-stars bout of 2018
- Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 2, match ranked in the top 10 Users’ Fights of the year 2019
- Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler, 4-stars fight of 2022
Fight card
Here is the UFC 318 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3
Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov
Kevin Holland vs Daniel Rodriguez
Patricio Freire vs Dan Ige
Daniel Zellhuber vs Michael Johnson
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)
Kyler Phillips vs Vinicius Oliveira
Brendan Allen vs Marvin Vettori
Nikolay Veretennikov vs Francisco Prado
Robert Valentin vs Ateba Abega Gautier
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+ / Disney+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Islam Dulatov vs Adam Fugitt
Jimmy Crute vs Marcin Prachnio
Ryan Spann vs Lukasz Brzeski
Brunno Ferreira vs Jackson Mcvey
Nicolle Caliari vs Carli Judice
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 318 countdown Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 318 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 318 pre-fight press conference, featuring Dustin Poirier 3 and Max Holloway!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won Holloway vs Poirier 3 fight?
Max Holloway defeated Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision. Scores were 48–47, 49–46, 49–46.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 318 post-fight octagon interview of Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier 3.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 318 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Dustin Poirier 3 and Max Holloway (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC 318 Fight of the Night: Brendan Allen vs Marvin Vettori
UFC 318 Performance of the Night: Ateba Abega Gautier, Islam Dulatov, Carli Judice
