Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier's Next Best Fights
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Max Holloway may have played the role of the villain to the Louisiana faithful Saturday night when he denied native son Dustin Poirier the BMF championship belt at UFC 318, but on Sunday morning he was any other guy looking for some New Orleans comfort food.
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,
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MMA Fighting on MSNMorning Report: Alexander Volkanovski says Max Holloway deserves Ilia Topuria rematchAlexander Volkanovski says Max Holloway deserves Ilia Topuria rematch after ‘BMF’ title win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 318.
Holloway enters as the favorite at -148 (risk $148 to win $100), while Poirier is the underdog at +124 in the latest UFC 318 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook. In the co-main event, Roman Kopylov is the -218 favorite against Paulo Costa (+180) in a middleweight bout.
Dana White sees Max Holloway 'in a great position' after UFC 318, and is open to a potential rematch with Ilia Topuria