The official weigh-ins for UFC 318 took place at the UFC host hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana this morning ahead of Saturday’s night’s pay-per-view event at Smoothie King Center.
All 28 fighters on the card made weight successfully, including BMF champion Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) and Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) who meet in the main event in what will be the final fight of Poirier's illustrious career.
Former middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa (14-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and rising Russian contender Roman Kopylov (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) are set ot go head-to-head in the co-main event, wjile Kevin Holland (28-13 MMA, 15-10 UFC) will look to continue his impressive form since returning to the welterewight division earlier this year. "Trailblazer" has already beaten Gunnar Nelson and Vicente Luque since moving down from 185 pounds - two wins which each earned him Performance of the Night bonuses - and this weekend he takes on Daniel Rodriguez (19-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC).
Also on the main card, former Bellator star Patricio Pitbull (36-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) goes in search of his first UFC win against Dan Ige (19-9 MMA, 11-8 UFC), while Michael Johnson (23-19 MMA, 15-15 UFC) faces the always exciting Daniel Zellhuber (15-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC).
Complete Weigh-In Results From UFC 318
MAIN CARD
- Max Holloway (155) vs. Dustin Poirier (156) – for BMF title
- Paulo Costa (185) vs. Roman Kopylov (185)
- Kevin Holland (170) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (170)
- Patricio Freire (145) vs. Dan Ige (145)
- Michael Johnson (155) vs. Daniel Zellhuber (156)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Vinicius Oliveira (136) vs. Kyler Phillips (135)
- Brendan Allen (185) vs. Marvin Vettori (186)
- Francisco Prado (170) vs. Nikolay Veretennikov (169)
- Ateba Gautier (185) vs. Robert Valentin (186)
- Islam Dulatov (171) vs. Adam Fugitt (171)
- Jimmy Crute (205) vs. Marcin Prachnio (205)
- Lukasz Brzeski (242) vs. Ryan Spann (252)
- Brunno Ferreira (186) vs. Jackson McVey (185)
- Nicolle Caliari (126) vs. Carli Judice (125)
