Poirier had his final fight on Saturday night in New Orleans, in the lightweight main event of UFC 318—a card that was built for him. His opponent was Max Holloway, a former featherweight champion he had beaten twice before, and on paper, had all the skills to beat again.

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.

This time around, Holloway will be making his first defense of the BMF belt he defeated Justin Gaethje for last April. Holloway is the most active striker in UFC history, with a UFC record 3,457 significant strikes in 30 fights. He's landed over 100 significant strikes per fight in a record 16 UFC bouts.