UFC decided to express his gratitude to Dustin Poirier with a 'dreamy' career farewell. The last opponent of The Diamond on MMA will be Max Holloway. Both will play at UFC 318, in the match determined as the BMF belt match. Poirier personally confirmed this information.
In the past, Poirier and Holloway had 2 encounters in UFC. The winner of both matches is Poirier. However, those matches took place many years ago, respectively in 2012 and 2019. The third competition between them was also the farewell of Poirier's career.
In fact, Poirier once expressed his desire to break up the MMA floor with a competition with Ilia Topuria or Islam Makhachev. But in the end, UFC chose Max Holloway to be Poirier's last opponent. That also means, UFC has another plan for Topuria and Makhachev.
On the Max Holloway side, he asserted himself feeling honored to become Poirier's last opponent. They are all fighters attached to UFC for a long time, have the same time to hold the championship belt, and are among the most popular faces.
Dustin Poirier has been playing for UFC since 2011, when he still competed in the Featherweight weight class. In the last match, Poirier lost to Islam Makhachev in the match against the Lightweight weight championship. This is also the most attractive match of UFC 302.