Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) happens TONIGHT (Sat., July 19, 2025) with UFC 318 live from inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La., and streaming LIVE on ESPN+ PPV. The main event is Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3 in a retirement fight for Louisiana’s own Poirier.
This bout is also for the BMF belt, something one undisputed champ isn’t that keen on.
UFC 318’s co-main event is Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov. Also on the main card is Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez, Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull and Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber.
UFC 318’s late “Prelims” are headlined by Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira. That portion of the card also has Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen, Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov and Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin.
Our UFC 318 early “Prelims” are headlined by Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov. Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio, Ryan Spann vs. Lukasz Brzeski, Brunno Ferreira vs. Jackson McVey and Carli Judice vs. Nicole Caliari open the show.
So, before UFC 318’s PPV action begins at 10 p.m. ET tonight right here, MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the entire UFC 318 “Prelims” undercard below, beginning with the first fight at 6 p.m. ET this evening on Disney+/ESPN2/ESPN+. Again, we are covering UFC 318’s PPV main card in a separate thread right here, beginning at 10 p.m. ET.
UFC 318 START TIME AND DATE
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 318 fight card below, starting with the ESPN2/ESPN+/Disney+ early “Prelims” undercard bouts, which air at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the UFC 318’s late “Prelims,” which air on Disney+/ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET. This is followed by UFC 318’s PPV main card, which will start at 10 p.m ET on ESPN+ PPV, with play-by-play updates here.
Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps, and post-fight analysis following “Holloway vs. Poirier 3.” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC 318 results. (Note: This will go from the top down; therefore, the newest information will at the top of the stream).
UFC 318 QUICK RESULTS
155 lbs.: Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier
185 lbs.: Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov
170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez
155 lbs.: Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull
155 lbs.: Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber
135 lbs.: Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira
185 lbs.: Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen — Allen def. Vettori by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
170 lbs.: Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov — Veretennikov def. Prado by unanimous decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
185 lbs.: Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin — Gautier def. Valentin by TKO (punches), round 1 (1:10)
170 lbs.: Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov — Dulatov def. Fugitt by KO (left hook and ground strikes), round 1 (4:06) — HIGHLIGHTS!
205 lbs.: Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio — Crute def. Prachnio by submission (armbar), round 1 (4:42) — HIGHLIGHTS!
265 lbs.: Ryan Spann vs. Lukasz Brzeski — Spann def. Brzeski by submission (guillotine), round 1 (2:47)
185 lbs.: Brunno Ferreira vs. Jackson McVey — Ferreira def. McVey by submission (armbar), round 1 (3:35)
125 lbs.: Carli Judice vs. Nicolle Caliari — Judice def. Caliari by TKO (knee to the body), round 3 (1:30) — HIGHLIGHTS!
UFC 318 ‘PRELIMS’ PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES
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