Holloway nearly finished Poirier in the first round after dropping his opponent twice in 10 seconds in the opening minutes of the fight. Former UFC champ Aljamain Sterling accused Holloway of ‘pulling back’ on punches following the two early knockdowns.

As the MMA community plays matchmaker for Max Holloway following his UFC 318 triumph over Dustin Poirier, Gilbert Burns seems to be interested in a compelling rematch for 'Blessed'.

Alexander Volkanovski believes Max Holloway should get the next lightweight title shot after his win at UFC 318.

Having debuted in the UFC in 2012, Max Holloway’s name is all over the promotion’s record books. At UFC 318, Holloway earned his first win over Dustin Poirier, beating the man that welcomed him to the Octagon with a submission loss.

Max Holloway leaned into his position of spoiler to Dustin Poirier's retirement fight, and it paid off at UFC 318 with a successful defense of his BMF title. After losing the first pair of meetings in February 2012 and April 2019,

No. 5-ranked contender Max Holloway squares off against No. 7-ranked Charles Oliveira. The two 145-pound fighters have contrasting styles that should make for an intriguing battle.

In the main event of UFC 318, Holloway will mark Dustin Poirier’s retirement fight opponent. For his final farewell, ‘The Diamond’ will look to add one last accolade to his MMA résumé by ripping the symbolic BMF title from Holloway’s grasp.

Gilbert Burns thinks Charles Oliveira's UFC title run is over. Oliveira (35-11 MMA, 23-11 UFC) was knocked out by Ilia Topuria in his vacant lightweight title bout at UFC 317 less than two weeks ago.

Charles Oliveira says he’s down to run it back with Max Holloway — "I really asked for this fight. Why not? It would be a great fight. He already said he would fight too. So why not? But let's take a step slowly." 壘