Dustin Poirier will receive a hero's welcome in his native Louisiana at UFC 318 when he battles Max Holloway for a third time in their careers. It's a respect Poirier earned from his peers and the promotion that they would take a PPV event to New Orleans for the first time in 25 years as a proper send off to one of the good guys in the sport's history.

Before Makhachev broke hearts against Poirier last year, both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Charles Oliveira forced taps from ‘The Diamond’. But when it comes to the ‘The Eagle’, Poirier is far from the only man to fall to his unstoppable arsenal.

Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier made weight for their final weigh-in ahead of UFC 318 on July 19. Holloway steps into the Octagon after a knockout loss to Ilia Topuria, where he missed out on reclaiming the featherweight title.

There are already questions about whether Dustin Poirier will move into boxing after his UFC retirement, as Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal have done. After losing to Islam Makhachev by submission last year,

Dustin Poirier took to the microphone at a press conference on Thursday. The Lafayette native was taking in and digesting the moment roughly 48 hours before squaring off in the octagon for the final time of his career against UFC BMF champion Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 318 Saturday night at the Smoothie King Center.