UFC, Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway
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SB Nation on MSN‘Diamonds are forever’: Pros react to Dustin Poirier’s retirement after fantastic UFC 318 main eventDustin Poirier closed out UFC 318 in style and wrapped up his career his way. He didn't have his hand raised in his final fight, but Poirier still felt the love from a packed Smoothie King Center in New Orleans following another thrilling five-round fight with career rival Max Holloway.
Holloway defeated Dustin Poirier in a unanimous decision to retain the UFC BMF Championship in UFC 318 at the Smoothie King Center. The win for Holloway is the first in three fights against Poirier, who beat him in 2012 and 2019.
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The 36-year-old is laying the gloves down on his terms, and doing it while still competing at the top of one of the toughest weight classes in mixed martial arts (MMA). During his last fight against Islam Makhachev,
Dustin Poirier will receive a hero's welcome in his native Louisiana at UFC 318 when he battles Max Holloway for a third time in their careers. It's a respect Poirier earned from his peers and the promotion that they would take a PPV event to New Orleans for the first time in 25 years as a proper send off to one of the good guys in the sport's history.
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Israel Adesanya thinks Dustin Poirier's legacy shouldn't be discredited for never winning an undisputed UFC title.