UFC 318: Drama-Free Friday Morning on Scales in New Orleans

UFC 318 Main Event Good to Go After Weigh-ins Friday

All 28 fighters booked to appear on Saturday’s card came in at or below the contracted weight. This includes the main event of the evening for the symbolic BMF Championship at lightweight.

Current BMF Champion Max Holloway (155 lbs) and No. 6 contender Dustin Poirier (156 lbs) made weight today, locking in this championship fight. Since the UFC 318 main event is not a divisional championship fight, the 1-lb allowance is still in effect here.

This symbolic championship fight will mark Dustin Poirier’s final MMA appearance. It’ll be an advertised maximum of five rounds at five minutes per round to close the show.

UFC 318 Co-Main Event Cleared for Takeoff

Your co-main event of the evening happens at middleweight. No. 13 contender Paulo Costa (185 lbs) will meet No. 15 contender Roman Kopylov (185 lbs) each came in on-target this morning.

UFC 318 Weigh-In Results

UFC 318 Main Card: (Tomorrow, 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN+ pay-per-view)

UFC 318 Main Event: Max Holloway (155 lbs) vs. Dustin Poirier (156 lbs) Lightweight, BMF Championship. 

Co-Main Event: Paulo Costa (185 lbs) vs. Roman Kopylov (185 lbs) Middleweight

Kevin Holland (170 lbs) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (170 lbs) Welterweight

Dan Ige (145 lbs) vs. Patricio Pitbull (145 lbs) Featherweight

Michael Johnson (155 lbs) vs. Daniel Zellhuber (156 lbs) Lightweight

UFC 318 Late Prelims: (Tomorrow, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, ESPN and ESPN+)

UFC 318 Featured Prelim: Kyler Phillips (135 lbs) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (135 lbs) Bantamweight

Co-Featured Prelim: Marvin Vettori (186 lbs) vs. Brendan Allen (185 lbs) Middleweight

Francisco Prado (170 lbs) vs. Nikolay Vertennikov (169 lbs) Welterweight

Ateba Gautier (185 lbs) vs. Robert Valentin (186 lbs) Middleweight

Early Prelims: (Tomorrow, 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT, ESPN & UFC Fight Pass)

Featured Early Prelim: Adam Fugitt (171 lbs) vs. Islam Dulatov (171 lbs) Welterweight

Co-Featured Early Prelim: Jimmy Crute (205 lbs) vs. Marcin Prachino (205 lbs) Light Heavyweight

Ryan Spann (252 lbs) vs. Lukasz Brzeski (242 lbs) Heavyweight

Brunno Ferreira (186 lbs) vs. Jackson McVey (185 lbs) Middleweight

Carli Judice (125 lbs) vs. Nicolle Caliari (126 lbs) Women’s Flyweight