Dustin Poirier's retirement card reportedly adds banger fight

Report: Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull added to UFC 318

Dan Ige is set to take on ex-Bellator champion Patricio Pitbull at UFC 318 in New Orleans. The news was first reported by Léo Guimaraes, and later given credence by MMA Junkie.

Pitbull made his UFC debut at UFC 314, where he was on the losing end of a decision to Yair Rodriguez. Perhaps joining the promotion a little too late into his career, Pitbull failed to pick up the pace and let Rodriguez pull ahead on the scorecards, almost losing by TKO in the process.

With the introduction of Ige-Pitbull, UFC 318 is up to twelve fights (subject to change):

• Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier; light BMF
• Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen; middle
• Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull; feather reported
• Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov; welter
• Ikram Aliskerov vs. Brunno Ferreira; middle
• Neil Magny vs. Gunnar Nelson; welter
• Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira; bantam
• Carli Judice vs. Nicolle Caliari; fly
• Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio; light heavy
• Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov; welter
• Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber; light
• Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin; middle