Fight Predictions: UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3
Max Holloway (c) and Dustin Poirier face off after the weigh-ins!
To have a card crafted for you, located for you, that's one of the highest honours, and that's exactly what 'UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3' is, and New Orleans, Louisiana is hellah thankful!!! It's a 14 fight card, with more flavour than a Gumbo!!!
There are two debuts on the card, Jackson McVey comes to the UFC on a 11 fight win streak, and the question is, "can 'The Moose' defeat 'The Hulk', as he faces Brunno Ferreira! We also have 'The Ripper', Islam Dulatov (also on an 11 fight streak) looking to make a great first impression, as he faces Adam Fugitt, in a fight that headlines the 'Early Prelims'!
There's no bad blood at the top of the card, BUT there definitely is when Marvin Vettori & Brendan Allen finally cross paths in the featured 'Prelims' bout. On Saturday night, there won't be casino machines getting in the way or people holding them back. So we'll see if this is 'Mortal Kombat' or 'Outrun'!?!
The 'Main Card' is juicy as heck, opening up with Michael Johnson vs Daniel Zellhuber and having Kevin Holland vs Daniel Rodriguez as the 'Featured bout'. With Dan Ige vs Patrício Pitbull in the filling in the middle. I mean, it's the perfect way to lead us to the 'Co-main', right? As Paulo Costa looks to erase his recent performances and get back on winning ground. That though, is no easy feet, when you have Roman Kopylov opposite you. With sharp hands & precise kicks, the Russian brings a formidable arsenal to the cage!
THEN, in the 'Headline Fight', "You know what you see?, You see a bad mother" cause we have Dustin Poirier in his retirement bout, against the 'BMF champion', Max Holloway (c). It's the close of a trilogy, that started all he way back in 2012 at 'UFC 143', then they met again in 2019 at 'UFC 236' for the 'Interim strap'. The history is there, their legacies are set in stone so all that's left is to lock it up one last time!!!
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Main Card
Watch Headline Fight breakdown: HERE.
Main Event - Lightweight
Max Holloway (c) (W) vs Dustin Poirier
Watch the Co-Main breakdown: HERE.
Co-Main - Middleweight
Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov (W)
Watch Main card breakdown: HERE.
Welterweight
Kevin Holland (W) vs Daniel Rodriguez
Featherweight
Dan Ige (W) vs Patrício Pitbull
Lightweight
Michael Johnson vs Daniel Zellhuber (W)
Preliminary card
Watch breakdown: HERE.
Bantamweight
Kyler Phillips (W) vs Vinicius Oliveira
Middleweight
Marvin Vettori vs Brendan Allen (W)
Welterweight
Francisco Prado (W) vs Nikolay Veretennikov
Middleweight
Ateba Abega Gautier (W) vs Robert Valentin
Early Preliminary card
Watch breakdown: HERE.
Welterweight
Adam Fugitt vs Islam Dulatov (W)
Light Heavyweight
Jimmy Crute vs Marcin Prachnio (W)
Heavyweight
Ryan Spann vs Łukasz Brzeski (W)
Middleweight
Brunno Ferreira vs Jackson McVey (W)
Women's Flyweight
Carli Judice (W) vs Nicolle Caliari