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Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier capped Saturday's pay-per-view, but did that matchup top ESPN's UFC 318 fight grades?
"I was sure I won this fight," Veretennikov explained. "I punched him hard. I did knock him down twice, and he was dizzy. He took me down twice, that was good, but I'm sure I won this fight. That's for sure."
The UFC has long been a stage where athleticism meets showmanship, but a growing trend of fighters balancing combat sports with high-fashion careers is rewriting the script. From former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold,
Alexander Volkanovski was full of praise for his three-time rival after watching him win at UFC 318. Max Holloway outpointed Dustin Poirier over five rounds to retain his BMF belt on Saturday night. The judges’ scorecards were unanimous and lopsided in his favor, but ‘Blessed’ did endure a scary moment at the end of round two.
Spann (23-11 MMA, 9-6 UFC) submitted Lukasz Brzeski (9-7-1 MMA, 1-6 UFC) with a guillotine choke in the first round of Saturday's UFC 318 prelims at Smoothie King Center. Spann is relieved after his heavyweight debut didn't go his way, where he was knocked out by Waldo Cortes-Acosta in March.
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Max Holloway's next fight is a hot topic. We look at the betting odds when it comes to who the UFC BMF champion could face after his UFC 318 win over Dustin Poirier.
Vinicius Oliveira quite literally dropped the mic after his UFC 318 win. "LokDog" isn't just a fighter. He's a rapper, too. One day after his victory over Kyler Phillips in New Orleans, Oliveira (23-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) dropped a new single "Fenomenal" featuring Brazilian rapper B-Dynamitze.
Dustin Poirier ‘s last UFC hurrah was a historic event at UFC 318 last Saturday in his native Louisiana. Poirier and Max Holloway completed their trilogy with an instant classic at UFC 318, with Holloway retaining his BMF title by unanimous decision.
The Cameroonian powerhouse needed just 70 seconds to take out Robert Valentin in Saturday's UFC 318 prelims at Smoothie King Center. Gautier (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has now finished his past seven opponents in a row, six of them in the first round.
Max Holloway was the first to admit he didn't exactly relish the idea of spoiling Dustin Poirier's final fight.
Crute (13-4-2 MMA, 5-4-2 UFC) submitted Marcin Prachnio (17-9 MMA, 4-7 UFC) with a first-round armbar in Saturday's prelims at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. After the win, Crute called out Dustin Jacoby (21-9-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) for the upcoming UFC Fight Night on Sept. 27 from RAC Arena in Perth.