Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) will compete for the final time on July 19 when he meets Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) in a trilogy bout for the BMF belt in the lightweight headliner of UFC 318, which goes down in his home state of Louisiana at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).