UFC 318 gave us lots of tremendous moments, starting with six finishes. That’s right, folks, the first six fights were all finishes. As a matter of fact, they would be the only finishes, too, as the next eight went to decision. We had some real bangers though, leading from the top with Poirier-Holloway. What a scrap, but it would be Holloway leaving with his arm raised. The tribute to Dustin was well-done and had many in the arena crying, and even some outside the arena.
Other notable bouts were Kevin Holland’s battle with Daniel Rodriguez, which saw both men nearly finished, but it would be D-Rod clinching the victory. Paulo Costa looked great against Kopylov, which wasn’t hard to do since Roman seemed to get his gameplan from his mom, because he looked awful and didn’t come alive until late in the third. Patricio Pitbull captured his first victory inside the octagon with a solid win over Dan Ige. Wish he could’ve gotten to the UFC before his prime was spent, but he got the W, and that’s what counts.
Now, let’s check out the rest of the results and bonuses while we’re here.
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UFC 318 Results
* Max Holloway def. Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision (49-46x2, 48-47)
* Paulo Costa def. Roman Kopylov via unanimous decision (30-27x2, 29-28)
* Daniel Rodriguez def. Kevin Holland via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
* Patricio Pitbull def. Dan Ige via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
* Michael Johnson def. Daniel Zellhuber via UD (29-28 x3) (
* Vinicius Oliveira def. Kyler Phillips via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
* Brendan Allen def. Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
* Nikolay Veretennikov def. Francisco Prado via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
* Ateba Gautier def. Robert Valentin via first-round TKO (1:10)
* Islam Dulatov def. Adam Fugitt via first-round KO (4:06)
* Jimmy Crute def. Marcin Prachnio via submission (armbar) (R1, 4:32)
* Ryan Spann def. Lukasz Brzeski via submission (guillotine) (R1, 2:37)
* Brunno Ferreira def. Jackson McVey via submission (armbar) (R1, 3:35)
* Carli Judice def. Nicolle Caliari via third-round TKO (1:30)
UFC 318 Bonuses
* FOTN: Vettori vs. Allen (wtf??!!)
* POTN: Judice, Dulatov and Gautier
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