Overview

• UFC 318 takes place Saturday at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center with early prelims at 11:15 pm BST and the main card at 3 am BST
• Dustin Poirier will challenge Max Holloway for the symbolic BMF title in what he has declared his final fight after a 16-year career
• Rapper Lil Wayne will lead Poirier’s walkout, a request granted by UFC President Dana White and supported by Louisiana officials
• Following the bout, Poirier will auction off everything he wears in the Octagon to fund a school backpack distribution through his Good Fight Foundation
• After retirement, Poirier plans to join ESPN’s broadcast team as a fight analyst, launching his next chapter in mixed-martial-arts coverage