Dustin Poirier, one of the UFC’s most beloved lightweights, has revealed that his final fight will be a trilogy bout against Max Holloway for the BMF title at UFC 318 on July 19 2025. The event marks the UFC’s return to New Orleans,

Dustin Poirier's retirement bout will go down in his home state, a UFC 318 trilogy vs. Max Holloway for the BMF title.

Although Poirier fell short in UFC lightweight title fights against Khabib Nurmagomedov, Oliveira and Makhachev, he did hold the interim UFC lightweight title for a time in 2019. He is perhaps best known for beating McGregor by technical knockout in back-to-back fights in 2021, but Holloway is arguably Poirier's greatest opponent and rival.