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UFC 318 Full Fight Card Officially Announced With 14 Bouts

July 9, 2025
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With UFC 318 fast approaching, the UFC has officially announced the full 14-fight card, which features Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3 in the July 19 PPV main event.

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SportsMoneyUFC 318 Full Fight Card Officially Announced With 14 BoutsByTrent Reinsmith, Contributor

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights

Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey

AuthorJul 09, 2025, 03:44pm EDTATLANTA, GA - APRIL 11: Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier face-off for the media during the UFC 236

More Ultimate Media Day at Hyatt Regency Atlanta on April 11, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images With a little more than a week to go until fight night, the UFC has announced the full fight card for the UFC 318 pay-per-view

The card, which takes place on July 19 from Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, features a BMF title fight in the main event

That bout, Max Holloway vs

Dustin Poirier 3, is also scheduled to be Poirier’s retirement fight

The UFC has 14 fights scheduled for the full UFC 318 fight card

UFC 318 Pay-Per-View Card: Holloway Vs

Poirier 3 Max Holloway vs

Dustin Poirier - Lightweight - For Holloway’s BMF title Paulo Costa vs

Roman Kopylov - Middleweight Kevin Holland vs

Daniel Rodriguez - Welterweight Dan Ige vs

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire - Featherweight Michael Johnson vs

Daniel Zellhuber - LightweightForbesUFC 318 Holloway Vs

Poirier 3 Loses Veteran Matchup To InjuryBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 318 Preliminary Fight Card: Holloway Vs

Poirier 3 Kyler Phillips vs

Vinicius Oira - Bantamweight Marvin Vettori vs

Brendan Allen - Middleweight MORE FOR YOU Francisco Prado vs

Nikolay Veretennikov - Welterweight Ateba Gautier vs

Robert Valentin - MiddleweightForbesUFC 318 Holloway Vs

Poirier 3: Undefeated Newcomer s Prelim FightBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 318 Early Prelims Fight Card: Holloway Vs

Poirier 3 Adam Fugitt vs

Islam Dulatov - Welterweight Jimmy Crute vs

Marcin Prachnio - Light Heavyweight Ryan Spann vs

Lukasz Brzeski - Heavyweight Brunno Ferreira vs

Jackson McVey - Middleweight Carli Judice vs

Nicolle Caliari - Women’s Flyweight UFC 318: Holloway vs

Poirier 3 Fight Card Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025 UFC 318: Holloway vs

Poirier 3 Fight Card Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA UFC 318: Holloway vs

Poirier 3 Tickets: Available from Ticketmaster Low price: $458. 55 (Standard - non resale) High price: $8,443. 75 for first row (Platinum - non resale) UFC 318: Holloway vs

Poirier 3 Time: Main Card: 10:00 p

ET Preliminary Card: 8:00 p

ET Early Prelims: 6:15 p

ET UFC 318 Fight Card: Holloway Vs

Poirier 3 Main EventATLANTA, GA - APRIL 13: (L-R) Dustin Poirier punches Max Holloway in their interim lightweight

More championship bout during the UFC 236 event at State Farm Arena on April 13, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dustin Poirier (30-9-0-1) has been a UFC fighter since 2011

At the time he had a 7-1 record

Between 2011 and 2018, Poirier went 16-4-0-1, picking up notable wins over Max Holloway, Bobby Green, Jim Miller, Anthony Pettis, Justin Gaethje, and Eddie Alvarez

His losses during that stretch came to The Korean Zombie, Cub Swanson, Conor McGregor, and Michael Johnson

Poirier’s wins over Miller, Pettis, Gaethje, and Alvarez set him up to fight for the interim UFC lightweight title against then-UFC featherweight titleholder Max Holloway

Poirier was the No. 3 ranked fighter in the UFC 155-pound division at the time, April 2019

Poirier claimed the interim crown with a decision win

In September 2019, Poirier faced Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification bout

Nurmagomedov won that contest by third-round submission

Three wins after that, including two TKO victories over Conor McGregor, put Poirier in another lightweight title fight

He lost that battle to Charles Oira, falling to a rear-naked choke in the third round of their December 2021 matchup

The 36-year-old Poirier is 2-2 since that setback with wins over Michael Chandler and Benoit Saint Denis

Poirier’s losses during that run came against Justin Gaethje for the BMF title and, most recently, opposite Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 302 in June 2024

Poirier has 15 fight-night bonus awards, which ties him for fourth all-time in that category

Poirier is the No. 5 ranked UFC lightweight

ATLANTA, GA - APRIL 13: (R-L) Max Holloway punches Dustin Poirier in their interim lightweight

More championship bout during the UFC 236 event at State Farm Arena on April 13, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Max Holloway (26-8) has been with the UFC since 2012

If there’s a stat that the UFC tracks, chances are Holloway is among the leaders

He holds the UFC featherweight record for wins (20), finishes (11), knockouts (nine), win streak (13 straight), total fight time (6:58:57), significant strikes landed (2,971), and total strikes landed (3,180)

Holloway’s overall UFC records include significant strikes landed (3,457) and total strikes landed (3,706)

Holloway’s run as UFC featherweight champ began in June 2017 when he knocked out Jose Aldo

Holloway entered that contest as the interim champ, a belt he won by knocking out Anthony Pettis in December 2016

He def his title against Aldo (TKO), Brian Ortega (TKO), and Frankie Edgar (decision)

He also attempted to win the interim UFC lightweight belt during that run, but he fell short, dropping a decision to Dustin Poirier

Holloway’s championship run in December 2019 when Alexander Volkanovski beat him by decision

Volkanovski retained the title in an immediate rematch

Wins over Calvin Kattar and Yair Rodriguez earned Holloway another shot at Volkanovski and his title in July 2022, but the champ retained his belt with a decision win

Holloway ed that setback with wins over Arnold Allen, the Korean Zombie, and Justin Gaethje

The Gaethje victory, a fight that many voted “Fight of the Year” and “Knockout of the Year,” earned Holloway the BMF title

That fight took place at 155 pounds

Holloway ed his BMF title win with the first knockout loss of his career, falling to Ilia Topuria in a UFC featherweight title fight in October 2024

Holloway is the No. 1 fighter in the official UFC featherweight rankings

He is also ranked at No. 12 at 155 pounds and sits at No. 12 in the pound-for-pound rankings

ForbesDana White: UFC 318 Was Built For Big Star Dustin Poirier’s RetirementBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 318: Holloway Vs

Poirier Previous MeetingsLAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 04: Dustin Poirier (blue shorts) attempts to submit Max Holloway during

More the UFC 143 event at Mandalay Bay Events Center on February 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Poirier is 2-0 against Holloway

They first met in a featherweight scrap at UFC 143 in February 2012

The bout was Holloway’s fifth fight and first as a member of the UFC

He was 4-0 heading into the contest

Meanwhile, Poirier had been with the WEC/UFC for two years by then with a 11-1 record

Poirier won that fight, and earned Submission of the Night, for his first-round triangle armbar stoppage

The two faced off for the second time in April 2019 at UFC 236

That matchup was for the interim UFC lightweight title

Poirier won that “Fight of the Night” bonus-winning scrap

Poirier failed to unify the title, losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission at UFC 242 in September 2019

We will have more on the UFC 318 fight card as fight night nears

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