UFC was grateful to Dustin Poirier by arranging him to play with another symbol of the tournament on the day of retirement. Poirier encountered Max Holloway in UFC 318's BMF battle. The big event took place in July of UFC was not too appreciated, except for this match.
Indeed, the matches of UFC 318 did not create too much impression for followers. The fighters who receive the title of Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night are all players in the outer rounds: Brendan Allen, Marvin Vettori, Ateba Abega Gautier, Islam Dulatov, Carli Judice.
From the outer round to the focus of UFC 318, the audience witnessed 8 consecutive matches without ending soon. All of these 8 competitions resolved the winning and losing with the score. The match between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier is no exception, when the two fighters play resilient.
More than 1 year ago, Max Holloway kept the BMF belt when defeating the Justin Gaethje in the last seconds. In the match against Dustin Poirier, Max Holloway still tried to maintain the attack, but the opponent proved very hard. The match only closed in 5 rounds and had to wait for the referees to arbitrarily.
Veteran referee Sal D'Amato dot Holloway only lost the second half, and won the remaining 4 rounds. Meanwhile, referee Eric Colon also marked Holloway to win 4/5 in the fourth half but lost the fourth half. Derek Cleary marked Holloway to lose the third and 4th half, and won the 5th half.