Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23- 8 UFC) retained his BMF title by outlasting the retiring Dustin Poirier (30-10 MMA, 22-9 UFC) in Saturday's main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Holloway had Poirier in trouble a couple of times and outstruck "The Diamond" over the course of the fight. Cormier was very impressed with Holloway's performance.

Max Holloway may have played the role of the villain to the Louisiana faithful Saturday night when he denied native son Dustin Poirier the BMF championship belt at UFC 318, but on Sunday morning he was any other guy looking for some New Orleans comfort food.

Holloway enters as the favorite at -148 (risk $148 to win $100), while Poirier is the underdog at +124 in the latest UFC 318 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook. In the co-main event, Roman Kopylov is the -218 favorite against Paulo Costa (+180) in a middleweight bout.