It was an extremely emotional night for the MMA world on Saturday when Dustin Poirier participated in the UFC for the last time.
On UFC 318 in Louisiana on Saturday evening, Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier clashed for the third and last time with the BMF title in the line in 'The Diamond's' last fight of his incredible career.
After he agreed to 'blessed' before the fight, in the last 10 seconds of the fight as soon as Holloway pointed to the ground, Poirier chose to go for the clinch instead.
Unfortunately for Poirier, he did not completely get his fairy -tale ending, because after five incredibly narrow rounds Holloway's hand was lifted and he became the first hunter to successfully defended the BMF title in the UFC history.
Despite the fact that, after the Louisianan had placed his gloves in the middle of the octagon, emotional tribute from the will of Jon Jones and even his former enemy Islam Makhachev came in.
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Poirier shares emotional moment with Max Holloway's son after UFC 318
While Poirier announced that it would be his last fight in sport, the promotion put together an emotional pension video pack for him, which included words of the absent Joe Rogan.
After having shared with his whole family in the Octagon, when he went backstage, 'The Diamond' continued to embrace support and even shared an extremely healthy moment with the son of Holloway.
“Great fight. Thank you for giving him the chance,” Rush Holloway told Poirier.
“No, he gave me the chance. Your father is a gem, congratulations man. Thank you, man. Congratulations to your father,” Poirier replied while the two hugged.
Max Holloway called Dana White Na UFC 318 Snub
Although the event was a relative success, given the rise and the fact that it was put together purely for Poirier, it was not the biggest night of fighting because eight out of 14 fights went to a decision.
And although Holloway and Poirier again waged a close war, they were not fighting the night by UFC boss Dana White, who instead gave the implementing bonus to Marvin Vettori and Brendan Allen.
Because of this Holloway let smoke and after the event he called White for sniffing him and 'The Diamond'.