What time is Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3? Walkouts for UFC 318 main event
Poirier and Holloway first met in February 2012, with Poirier winning by first-round submission in a featherweight bout at UFC 143. The two men squared off again in April 2019 for the interim lightweight championship, with Poirier battering Holloway to win a lopsided unanimous decision in the UFC 236 Fight of the Night.
Six years later, Poirier, 36, and Holloway, 33, will go at it again – which, for Poirier, will be the last dance as he's announced he will retire afterward.
Holloway is looking to rebound from the first knockout loss of his career last October, when he was finished by then-featherweight champ Ilia Topuria. Holloway has since declared he is done competing at 145 pounds and hopes to assert himself as a 155-pound title contender.
Poirier, who is 3-3 in his past six fights, is coming off a submission defeat to then-lightweight champ Islam Makhachev in his third failed attempt at claiming the undisputed 155-pound title. Poirier never has lost two consecutive fights in his career.
Here are the walkout times for the UFC 318 main event between Holloway and Poirier.
When does the UFC 318 fight card start?
The UFC 318 lineup consists of 13 fights. Early prelims start at 6 p.m. ET, prelims at 8 p.m. ET, and the pay-per-view main card at 10 p.m. ET.
Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3 walkout time
As the main event, Holloway and Poirier are expected to make their walks to the octagon at approximately 12:15 a.m. ET.
The fight streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
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