Max Holloway vs Poirier set for UFC 318
Holloway and Poirier will battle in a 5-round bout for the BMF Title at UFC 318 in New Orleans on July 19th.
This will be the 3rd time Holloway (26-8) and Poirier (30-9) will enter the octagon together. The last 2 times these fighters have faced-off, Poirier won both of them, 1st in 2012 and then again in 2019.
July 19th will be a total of nearly 5,000 days since the 1st time these two met in the octagon.
The last time Holloway fought for the BMF Title, he won after an incredible finish with Justin Gaethje.
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