Dustin Poirier’s retirement fight at UFC 318 was long in the making. The buildup began with Poirier’s emotional retirement announcement during the 2025 NFL Draft, where he revealed his final fight would take place in his home state of Louisiana,

"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."

Paulo Costa was in the headlines for a strange reason ahead of his UFC 318 fight this past Saturday. While most of the attention surrounded Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway this past Saturday at UFC 318, former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa was heading into a huge fight to save his career.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Max Holloway was the first to admit he didn't exactly relish the idea of spoiling Dustin Poirier's final fight.

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.