Dustin Poirier loses final fight in octagon at UFC 318; Max Holloway avenges 2012 and 2019 defeats to Poirier as curtain falls on the career of the fighter with two victories over Conor McGregor on his resume Sunday 20 July 2025 08:38, UK Image ...

Dustin Poirier may not have gone out on top, but he retired a legend nonetheless. The former UFC interim lightweight champion — and all-time great action fighter — called it a career on Saturday night after falling short in his Louisiana homecoming against Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 318.

If ever there was a UFC fighter who deserved a happy ending, it's Dustin Poirier. Unfortunately, MMA is as brutal as sports come. It's a sport where heartbreak is as common as injury, and the former often hurts far worse than the latter, for the fighters ...

Dustin Poirier's final fight ended in a unanimous-decision loss to Max Holloway in a thrilling UFC 318 main event Saturday night.

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The promotion has released the UFC 318 cold open video, and it pays tribute to the rivalry between the two longtime UFC standouts, who have fought two times previously. Poirier beat Holloway in Holloway's promotional debut in 2012, then beat him for the interim lightweight belt in 2019.