Howard's UFC 318 prelim predictions: Ryan Spann beats Lukasz Brzeski with ease, Islam Dulatov can't be stopped, and Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen goes the distance. UFC 318 takes place this evening from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, and it is headlined by Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier III.

UFC 318 takes place later tonight (Sat., July 19, 2025) inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pay-per-view (PPV) main event is Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3, with Louisiana’s Poirier hoping to score one last win in his iconic career before riding off into the ripped sunset.

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Dan Ige and Patricio "Pitbull" Freire meet in a 3-round featherweight bout Saturday at UFC 318 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

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,