Max Holloway was not happy to hear that he and Dustin Poirier missed the Fight of the Night Award on Saturday and the price of $ 50,000.
The BMF title fight went all five rounds and saw both men falling at different points in a main event that fascinated the audience in New Orleans. But they were beaten for the prize by Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori's emotionally charged resentment on the Prelims.
Among them, Holloway and Poirier have won 28 performance bonuses; The former got 13 and the last won 15. However, on the last day of the former interim light weight champion, he could no longer add to the list.
Max Holloway is raging about losing UFC 318 -performance bonus
In newly released images behind the scenes of UFC 318, Max Holloway was to meet Dustin Poirier for the first time after their fight. The couple embraced and spoke about their fight, but not before they agreed that they should have got the Fight of the Night Award.
“Bro, how did we not get a fight from the night?” Holloway can be seen on Poirier, who seems stunned in the same way. “No, they are a few bulls -to tell f -ing Dana. Tell him that he is the man, kiss his a -. They gave it to all and Vettori.”
This seemed to be confusing Poirier, who probably had more to say than 'no' or 'what' Holloway had given him time to talk. Instead, the Hawaiian went further: “I don't even know, we almost finished each other in the same damned round! What for God's sake, Bro?”
The couple eventually seemed to calm down and could be seen to embrace and discuss their different battle scars after the fact.
Max Holloway handed Dustin Poirier -Neverlaag to close the epic trilogy
The first time Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier met in the Octagon, February 2012, more than 13 years before they could finally end their trilogy. 'The Diamond' received a first round entry that time, but when they met seven years later, it was a much closer battle.
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Holloway came on lightweight for their second meeting in April 2019, which was for the interim 155 pound title. At the time, he was a featherweight champion, but was unable to build well and was overwhelmed by five rounds by Poirier.
But with the right preparation for their last meeting, Holloway was able to hit a rhythm and eventually win their last dance. This was for the title 'BMF', which he won against Justin Gaethje in their famous UFC 300 collision.