Dustin Poirier says goodbye to the Octagon when he fights against Max Holloway in his last MMA fight ever on UFC 318.
“Diamond” hangs his gloves after UFC 318 at the end of an incredible 16-year career in MMA.
At that time, Dustin Poirier became a fan favorite for UFC fans and even won the Interim UFC Light Championship in 2019 from his upcoming opponent.
This fight will be Poirier's third game against Max Holloway, where he hopes to bring 3-0 to the top of a packaged map on UFC 318.
However, Holloway is a different hunter than their earlier attacks and is now considered one of the largest featherweights in the UFC history. He will finally want to win a victory over Poirier in what becomes a tense and emotional main event.
In anticipation of UFC 318, the Bloody Elbow experts picked their staff for the two main events, as well as the performance of the night and the fight of the night.
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Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3 forecast
- Jamie Theodosi – Max Holloway
- Donagh Corby – Max Holloway
- Jordan Ellis – Max Holloway
- Ross Markey – Max Holloway
Although it would be a fantastic story to look Poirier with a victory, the bloody elbow experts unanimously predicted that Holloway will leave UFC 318 with the victory.
Poirier has not fought anymore since he lost Islam Makhachev in June last year, because he missed the opportunity to become the actual UFC light weight champion.
“Diamond” has had a mixed record in recent years and lost three of his last five fights since winning back-to-back attacks against Conor McGregor, in what were some of Poirier's best versions to date.
This bad record at the end of his career indicates that Holloway will win the fight against Poirier, at the third time of asking.
The Hawaiian hunter was on a streak with three stiques before he was eliminated by Ilia Topuria, although it is difficult to hold that loss against him, considering how dominant Topuria has been since then.
This should be a close battle between two icons of the UFC, but it is difficult to look beyond Holloway when choosing the winner in Swansong van Poirier.
Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov forecast
- Jamie Theodosi – Paulo Costa
- Donagh Corby – Paulo Costa
- Jordan Ellis – Roman Kopylov
- Ross Markey – Paulo Costa
The Co-Main event of UFC 318 has been moved a lot before it finds its house just before the last fight of Poirier.
Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov would take place on UFC 317 before he was moved to UFC 319, and then back to this show on July 19.
Jordan supports Kopylov to win the game after gaining back-to-back victories in his last fighting, while Costa still licks his wounds after his UFC 302 loss for Sean Strickland.
Despite his record of four losses in his last five fights, Jamie, Donagh and Ross all predict Costa to end his bad shape to beat Kopylov in the fight, turn the tables on the Russian and end his own good shape.
Vecht van de Nacht
- Jamie Theodosi – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
- Donagh Corby – Dan Ige vs Patricio Pitbull
- Jordan Ellis – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
- Ross Markey – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
The main event is expected to be the best fight of the night on UFC 318, with Jamie, Jordan and Ross who predict it all to win the bonus of that night.
Their previous two games both impressed, and that this is the last fight of Poirier, he wants to do everything he can to give the best performance he can, even if he does not run out of the winner.
Donagh, however, thinks that the Undercard match between Dan Ige and Patricio Pitbull will win the fight of the night bonus.
Pitbull suffered in his UFC debut, and the time is free to make a fixed value in the promotion.
He will have to be at best to include IgE who hope to build on his Ko -victory on UFC 314 to catapult himself to a title shot, at the expense of the Brazilian.
Execution of the night
- Jamie Theodosi -Daniel Zellhuber
- Donagh Corby – Daniel Rodriguez
- Jordan Ellis – Dan Ige
- Ross Markey – Dan Ig
The experts have three different choices for whom the coveted performance of the night bonus will win at UFC 318.
Jamie predicts Daniel Zellhuber to earn the performance of the night bonus when he takes on Michael Johnson.
The Mexican hunter has so far been 3-2 in his UFC career, and he will hope to build some momentum against a hunter who conveniently beats his last two opponents to end a bad series of results.
In the meantime, Donagh Daniel Rodriguez supports to earn a $ 50,000 bonus on UFC 318. He fights against the impressive Kevin Holland, who is deadly in the Octagon but is susceptible when he is confronted with a top hunter, as Rodriguez hopes to be.
“D-Rod” has a history in boxing and is deadly with his hands in the UFC, so he will strive for a knockout victory against Holland on UFC 318.
Finally, both Ellis and Ross think that on July 19, IgE will have too much for Pitbull and the Bellator legend, possibly forever, in his second UFC fight.