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- AJ Styles to appear

- TNA WORLD TITLE: Trick Williams (c) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana

- X DIVISION TITLE: Moose (c) vs. Leon Slater

- 4-WAY TAG TEAM TITLE LADDER MATCH: The Nemeths (c) vs. The Hardys vs. The Rascalz vs. First Cla$$

- Tessa Blanchard vs. Indi Hartwell

- Mustafa Ali vs. Cedric Alexander

- KNOCKOUTS & NXT WOMEN'S TITLE - TITLE FOR TITLE: Masha Slamovich (TNA) vs. Jacy Jayne (NXT)

- Darkstate (NXT) vs. The System and Matt Cardona (TNA)

COUNTDOWN MATCHES:

- KNOCKOUTS TAG TITLES: The Eleganceseseses (c) vs. The IInspiration

- 4TH ROPE vs. TNA: Steve Maclin, Jake Something, & Mance Warner vs. Real1, Zilla Fatu, & Josh Bishop

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At UFC 318, Max Holloway finally got a win over decade-long rival Dustin Poirier, and remains the BMF Champion, while Poirier himself got to ride into the sunset in his own hometown. All in all, it was a good night of fights, and we discuss all of the results in the first half of this week's show. 

Then in the second half of the show we preview the upcoming UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder, and take a look at the week in MMA news.

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Max Holloway did exactly what he promise — he spoiled the retirement fight of Dustin Poirier in front of Poirier's home crowd in New Orleans as he retained the BMF title in the main event of UFC 318 on Saturday night. After becoming the first to successfully defend that title, where does "Blessed" go in the UFC's lightweight division?

Following the pay-per-view event, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what's next for Holloway following his decision win over Poirier. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for Paulo Costa after his lopsided decision win over Roman Kopylov in the co-main event, Daniel Rodriguez following his win over Kevin Holland in one of the craziest fights of 2025 thus far, along with fellow main card winners Patricio Pitbull, Michael Johnson, and more.

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UFC 318 gave us lots of tremendous moments, starting with six finishes. That’s right, folks, the first six fights were all finishes. As a matter of fact, they would be the only finishes, too, as the next eight went to decision. We had some real bangers though, leading from the top with Poirier-Holloway. What a scrap, but it would be Holloway leaving with his arm raised. The tribute to Dustin was well-done and had many in the arena crying, and even some outside the arena.

Other notable bouts were Kevin Holland’s battle with Daniel Rodriguez, which saw both men nearly finished, but it would be D-Rod clinching the victory. Paulo Costa looked great against Kopylov, which wasn’t hard to do since Roman seemed to get his gameplan from his mom, because he looked awful and didn’t come alive until late in the third. Patricio Pitbull captured his first victory inside the octagon with a solid win over Dan Ige. Wish he could’ve gotten to the UFC before his prime was spent, but he got the W, and that’s what counts.

Now, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.

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UFC 318 Results

* Max Holloway def. Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision (49-46x2, 48-47)

* Paulo Costa def. Roman Kopylov via unanimous decision (30-27x2, 29-28)

* Daniel Rodriguez def. Kevin Holland via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

* Patricio Pitbull def. Dan Ige via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

* Michael Johnson def. Daniel Zellhuber via UD (29-28 x3) (

* Vinicius Oliveira def. Kyler Phillips via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

* Brendan Allen def. Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

* Nikolay Veretennikov def. Francisco Prado via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)

* Ateba Gautier def. Robert Valentin via first-round TKO (1:10)

* Islam Dulatov def. Adam Fugitt via first-round KO (4:06)

* Jimmy Crute def. Marcin Prachnio via submission (armbar) (R1, 4:32)

* Ryan Spann def. Lukasz Brzeski via submission (guillotine) (R1, 2:37)

* Brunno Ferreira def. Jackson McVey via submission (armbar) (R1, 3:35)

* Carli Judice def. Nicolle Caliari via third-round TKO (1:30)

UFC 318 Bonuses

* FOTN: Vettori vs. Allen (wtf??!!)

* POTN: Judice, Dulatov and Gautier

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Dustin Poirier went to battle for the final time in the main event of Saturday night's UFC 318 pay-per-view card in New Orleans, but Max Holloway spoiled the party and became the first fighter to successfully defend the UFC's BMF title. "The Diamond" left it all inside the octagon in his sendoff fight, but his career didn't get the fairy tale ending.

Following the wild fight card, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to all things UFC 318, the main event between Poirier and Holloway, discuss the go-to Poirier fight, and where Holloway goes from his impressive performance. Additionally, they talk the rest of the standout moments, the insane battle between Daniel Rodriguez and Kevin Holland, Paulo Costa's lopsided decision win over Roman Kopylov in the co-main event, the incredible preliminary portion of the card, and much more.

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