Max Holloway is pushing for a radical, and perhaps controversial, change after defending his BMF title at UFC 318. 'Blessed' played spoiler to Dustin Poirier's retirement, finally notching a win against 'The Diamond' to end their score at 2-1 to Poirier.

Sean O'Malley sees various options for BMF champion Max Holloway's next fight. Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23- 8 UFC) became the first fighter to retain the BMF belt when he outlasted the retiring Dustin Poirier in Saturday's UFC 318 headliner at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

Holloway defeated Dustin Poirier in a unanimous decision to retain the UFC BMF Championship in UFC 318 at the Smoothie King Center. The win for Holloway is the first in three fights against Poirier, who beat him in 2012 and 2019.

Max Holloway's next fight could be coming to fruition, as the BMF champion put an old rival on blast for making excuses for their loss in 2015.

Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23- 8 UFC) retained his BMF title by outlasting the retiring Dustin Poirier (30-10 MMA, 22-9 UFC) in Saturday's main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Holloway had Poirier in trouble a couple of times and outstruck "The Diamond" over the course of the fight. Cormier was very impressed with Holloway's performance.

After retaining his UFC BMF Championship against Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 318 on Saturday, Max Holloway had some well-wishes for his longtime rival in his retirement.

Max Holloway's next fight is a hot topic. We look at the betting odds when it comes to who the UFC BMF champion could face after his UFC 318 win over Dustin Poirier.

Max Holloway further entrenched himself in the record books across multiple categories in his UFC 318 BMF title defense vs. Dustin Poirier.

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.

Alexander Volkanovski was full of praise for his three-time rival after watching him win at UFC 318. Max Holloway outpointed Dustin Poirier over five rounds to retain his BMF belt on Saturday night. The judges’ scorecards were unanimous and lopsided in his favor, but ‘Blessed’ did endure a scary moment at the end of round two.

The full UFC 318 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Max Holloway: $42,000 def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000 Paulo Costa: $11,000 def. Roman Kopylov: $6,000 Daniel Rodriguez: $11,000 def. Kevin Holland: $21,000 Patricio Freire: $4,000 def. Dan Ige: $16,000 Michael Johnson: $21,000 def. Daniel Zellhuber: $6,000

Max Holloway is feeling much better at lightweight this time around now that there are no plans for a featherweight return.