In a recent Instagram post, the ESPN MMA account posted DM replies after asking a number of notable names to share their best memories from Poirier’s UFC career. Joining the likes of Daniel Cormier and Jorge Masvidal in responding was the UFC 318 headliner’s wife, Jolie, who has been by his side throughout.

Some of the biggest names in the sport help define Poirier's legacy ahead of his UFC 318 retirement fight vs. Max Holloway

DUSTIN POIRIER rides off into the sunset this weekend after a long and storied career. The former interim lightweight champion and fan favourite will bring the curtain down on his days as a mixed

Poirier will retire in UFC 318’s main event, which will feature his challenge for Max Holloway’s BMF title in their trilogy fight at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center. While trilogies are rare in MMA, it will not be the Louisianan’s first.

Holloway vs Poirier 3 start time, fight card, TV channel, live stream and latest odds - ‘The Diamond’ bids farewell to the octagon with trilogy fight at home in Louisiana

Conor McGregor hasn't fought in a UFC cage for over four years but the Irishman's stunning comeback is on the horizon, according to his BKFC business partner David Feldman

McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) is yet to compete since breaking his leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021. He had re-entered the UFC drug-testing pool to face Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June 2024 but withdrew from the fight a month away after breaking his pinky toe.

Conor McGregor has not fought in the UFC since his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in July 2021, but he is now set to make his long-awaited return to the Octagon

One recent moment in UFC 318 star Dustin Poirier’s lengthy career sticks out in the mind of featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. The MMA community is looking back on Poirier’s career as the fan-favorite lightweight veteran gears up to make his final walk to the Octagon close to home in Louisiana this Saturday night.

Conor McGregor has made plenty of dramatic returns during his UFC career. This month marks four years since McGregor’s last comeback in MMA’s premier promotion was confirmed to fight

Nate Diaz still wants to settle the score with Conor McGregor all these years later. Diaz (21-13 MMA, 16-11 UFC) and McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) fought twice before, with Diaz scoring an upset submission at UFC 196 in March 2016, and McGregor avenging his loss with a majority decision in their rematch at UFC 202.