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A dominant win at UFC 318 sets the stage for a potential high-stakes rematch. It was an emotional night at UFC 318, as fans witnessed the farewell fight of a true legend. Dustin Poirier closed out his storied career in front of a roaring hometown crowd in New Orleans,
Paulo Costa is back as a legitimate UFC middleweight title contender. Patricio Freire has no chance of ever being a UFC champion.Ateba Gautier has future UFC middleweight champion written all over him.
Paulo Costa reveals gruesome leg damage after UFC 318 win, shocking fans with brutal injuries sustained during hard-fought octagon war.
Vinicius Oliveira quite literally dropped the mic after his UFC 318 win. "LokDog" isn't just a fighter. He's a rapper, too. One day after his victory over Kyler Phillips in New Orleans, Oliveira (23-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) dropped a new single "Fenomenal" featuring Brazilian rapper B-Dynamitze.
During her UFC 318 preparation, Carli Judice identified it'd be the strike that would likely be the X-factor for her. Boy, was she right. Judice (5-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) topped off a brilliant performance with a crushing knee to the body that put Nicolle Caliari (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) away late.
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Paulo Costa was in the headlines for a strange reason ahead of his UFC 318 fight this past Saturday. While most of the attention surrounded Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway this past Saturday at UFC 318, former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa was heading into a huge fight to save his career.
Max Holloway was the first to admit he didn't exactly relish the idea of spoiling Dustin Poirier's final fight.
Spann (23-11 MMA, 9-6 UFC) submitted Lukasz Brzeski (9-7-1 MMA, 1-6 UFC) with a guillotine choke in the first round of Saturday's UFC 318 prelims at Smoothie King Center. Spann is relieved after his heavyweight debut didn't go his way, where he was knocked out by Waldo Cortes-Acosta in March.
The full UFC 318 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Max Holloway: $42,000 def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000 Paulo Costa: $11,000 def. Roman Kopylov: $6,000 Daniel Rodriguez: $11,000 def. Kevin Holland: $21,000 Patricio Freire: $4,000 def. Dan Ige: $16,000 Michael Johnson: $21,000 def. Daniel Zellhuber: $6,000