Former lightweight champ backs Dustin Poirier ahead of UFC 300 BMF title fight but warns him about Max Holloway’s pressure.

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 -225 favorite against Paulo Costa (+185) in a middleweight bout.

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,

Fan-favorite Dustin Poirier will retire this weekend as he faces veteran Max Holloway in a massive fight at UFC 318. The post Dustin Poirier Daughter ‘Hates’ Superstar’s Fighting Career: “She’s Been Asking Me To Retire” appeared first on FirstSportz.

Poirier has proved twice that he can defeat Holloway, as the former UFC featherweight champion is a slight betting favourite to leave UFC 318 as the BMF champion, and he has his fair share of fellow fighters who are also backing him to win.

Matt Brown says Dustin Poirier deserves a lot of credit for the incredible body of work he put together in his career but he can’t be considered one of the greatest of all-time

Dustin Poirier is set to make his final walk to the Octagon at UFC 318 in a highly anticipated trilogy The post Dustin Poirier Accepts Reality of Multiple Title Fight Failures: “That’s My Story” appeared first on FirstSportz.

Poirier bounced back in a big way, emerging victorious from a brutal and bloody war with Pettis that had many touting it as the Fight of the Year. The finish came somewhat anticlimactically in round three, however, when Pettis appeared to tap out with Poirier on top of him out of nowhere.