Saturday's UFC 318 card will be a tear-jerker for Dustin Poirier fans. The beloved lightweight legend is set to make his final walk to the Octagon in the card's main event, and he'll do so in front of legions of dedicated fans on home turf in New Orleans.

Dustin Poirier will have the chance to win the BMF title atop a homecoming card in New Orleans, Louisiana, which hasn’t hosted a UFC show since June 2015. He’ll be confident of signing off with a flourish after previously picking up two wins over his UFC 318 opponent and receiving the backing of one of MMA’s best fighters, Islam Makhachev.

UFC 318 Time: Main Card: 10:00 p.m. ET. ... opposite Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 302 in June 2024. Poirier has 15 fight-night bonus awards, ...

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Former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa accused Khamzat Chimaev of ‘nasty’ messages to his girlfriend ahead of UFC 318. Paulo Costa will look to return to the win column when he faces Roman Kopylov this Saturday at UFC 318. Costa vs. Kopylov serves as the co-main event for a stacked card, headlined by Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3.

UFC 302 generated $26.8M in economic impact for Newark, with a $7.3M gate, 17,800 fans and 79% of tickets sold to out-of-state visitors.