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'El Matador' is the new No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter after knocking out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317. His last three wins contain two featherweight greats in Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, whom he knocked out in devastating fashion.
Max Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) defends his BMF title against the retiring Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA, 22-8 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 318 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
Michael Johnson (23-19 MMA, 15-15 UFC) competes in his 27th UFC lightweight bout, tied for third-most appearances in divisional history behind Miller (43) and Clay Guida (30). Johnson is 4-5 since he returned to the lightweight division in October 2019.