UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 (Predictions)
UFC 318 takes place on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The main card is scheduled to begin at 7PM PT and will be headlined by a lightweight trilogy bout between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier for the “BMF” title.
Let’s dig into the main event—the spicy gumbo at the center of this card. Max “Blessed” Holloway, the human highlight reel with a gas tank that never quits, is putting his shiny BMF bling on the line against Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier in what’s rumored to be his grand farewell. Holloway meme’d Gaethje into the shadow realm at UFC 300, only to get humbled by Topuria not long after. Meanwhile, Poirier pulled off a Hollywood-style comeback KO on Saint Denis before getting submitted by Islam. Toss in a roaring New Orleans crowd and a retirement storyline? That’s a recipe for all-time fight night magic.
The rest of the card? It’s Mardi Gras with gloves. Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov is chaos waiting to happen. Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez promises weirdness and violence in equal measure. And Ige vs. Pitbull? That’s a featherweight banger with main-event energy. Submissions, knockouts, and probably at least one flying knee—this card’s got it all.
Here are our official fight predictions for the card.
- Holloway vs. Poirier = Holloway ✔️
- Costa vs. Kopylov = Costa ✔️
- Holland vs. Rodriguez = Holland ❌
- Ige vs. Pitbull = Ige ❌
- Johnson vs. Zellhuber = Johnson ✔️
- Phillips vs. Oliveira = Oliveira ✔️
- Vettori vs. Allen = Allen ✔️
- Prado vs. Veretennikov = Prado ❌
- Gautier vs. Valentin = Gautier ✔️
- Fugitt vs. Dulatov = Dulatov ✔️
- Crute vs. Prachnio = Crute ✔️
- Spann vs. Brzeski = Spann ✔️
- Ferreira vs. Mcvey = Mcvey ❌
- Judice vs. Caliari = Judice ✔️
