Holloway is two fights removed from a failed featherweight title bid against Topuria, the only person to knockout Holloway in 35 professional fights. Topuria and Holloway subsequently moved full-time to lightweight. Topuria knocked out Oliveira to win the vacant 155-pound title, and Holloway defended the BMF belt against a retiring Poirier.

Max Holloway’s win at UFC 318 over Dustin Poirier appears to be his only fight of 2025. “Blessed” spoiled Poirier’s retirement and retained the BMF title with a unanimous decision victory in the main event of the promotion’s recent pay-per-view event.

Max Holloway reveals a hand injury from UFC 318 could keep him sidelined until 2026, casting doubt on his return to the Octagon this year.

Former UFC featherweight kingpin Max Holloway is feeling the after-effects of a hard-fought 25 minutes against Dustin Poirier.While the reigning BMF champion has his sights set on a rematch with Ilia Topuria following his UFC 318 win,

Atop the card was a "BMF" title fight between Max Holloway and the swan-songing Dustin Poirier. The two all-time-fan-favorites slugged it out over the course of five rounds.

Max Holloway is pushing for a radical, and perhaps controversial, change after defending his BMF title at UFC 318. 'Blessed' played spoiler to Dustin Poirier's retirement, finally notching a win against 'The Diamond' to end their score at 2-1 to Poirier.