UFC 318 fight card, start time

At UFC 318, Max Holloway battles longtime rival Dustin Poirier in the final fight of Poirier’s legendary career.

The UFC 318 fight card is headlined by a trilogy bout at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Saturday night.

In the main event, “BMF” champion Max Holloway squares off with longtime rival Dustin Poirier for a third time in what is the final fight of Poirier’s storied career. Poirier has twice defeated Holloway, once at featherweight and once at lightweight, and he looks to put a stamp on their series and author a fairy tale ending in his native Louisiana.

One-time middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa faces knockout artist Roman Kopylov, winner of six of his past seven, in the co-main event.

Check out the UFC 318 fight card below.

Main Card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier

Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov

Kevin Holland vs. Danial Rodriguez

Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull

Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET)

Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira

Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen

Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov

Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin

Early Prelims (ESPN2, ESPN+/Disney+ at 6 p.m. ET)

Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov

Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio

Ryan Spann vs. Lukasz Brzeski

Brunno Ferreira vs. Jackson McVey

Carli Judice vs. Nicolle Caliari

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