Max Holloway retains UFC BMF title, spoils Dustin Poirier's retirement fight
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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