Dustin Poirier’s last dance is about.
On Friday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Present, Poirier introduced he’ll face Max Holloway for the BMF title in his last combat at Smoothie King Heart in his yard of New Orleans at UFC 318 on July 19.
“It’s going to be my last combat,” Poirier mentioned. “I’m going to put my gloves down in Louisiana the place it began for me. The entire journey began there, and I’m simply honored the UFC was on the identical web page, the state of Louisiana was on the identical web page to make all of this work. …
“July 19, me and Max Holloway are going to combat, 5 rounds, foremost occasion, pay-per-view for his BMF title.”
Poirier mentioned following his loss to light-weight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 301 this previous June. that he was all the way down to his last combat, and he needed it to occur in New Orleans. “The Diamond” received his want as he seems to be to go 3-0 towards Holloway.
Holloway is equally as happy with the matchup and the chance to get some measure of revenge towards Poirier, posting on social media that he’s comfortable to be Poirier’s last combat.
“Honored to be The Diamond’s Final Dance,” Holloway mentioned.
“Blessed” returns to light-weight after capturing the BMF title with one of many biggest knockouts in UFC historical past over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April 2024. Holloway went on to get stopped by Ilia Topuria in the principle occasion of UFC 308 this previous October in his last featherweight bout.
