While Waianae’s Max Holloway headlines UFC 318 on Saturday in a bout against Dustin Poirier for the BMF title, another Hawai‘i fighter will also step into the spotlight. Haleiwa native and Kahuku High School graduate Dan Ige will face former Bellator champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire in a featured featherweight main card matchup at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

At UFC 318, Max Holloway will look to spoil one of his greatest opponents retirement fight. Dustin Poirier is set for an emotional send-off on July 19 but of course, there’s a good chance that he walks away from the sport on the back of another loss.

Max Holloway may have played the role of the villain to the Louisiana faithful Saturday night when he denied native son Dustin Poirier the BMF championship belt at UFC 318, but on Sunday morning he was any other guy looking for some New Orleans comfort food.

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Max Holloway is not the only fighter from Hawaii in this weekend’s titanic UFC 245 event. Before “Blessed” takes the stage in the second-to-last fight on the card, Wailua’s Punahele ...

Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier will conclude their epic rivalry as the pair meet in a trilogy bout for the symbolic BMF title at UFC 318 in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday.