Dana White sees Max Holloway 'in a great position' after UFC 318, and is open to a potential rematch with Ilia Topuria

In the Main Event, Waianae’s Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway faced Dustin Poirier for the UFC’s BMF Championship. The fight lived up to the billing, going the distance, concluding with Holloway’s signature point down to the ground with 10 seconds left in the fight.

While Max Holloway may have used the opportunity to call for a BMF ranking, the title fight that he was pitched with Dan Hooker would make a lot of sense. Holloway has made it clear that he wants Ilia Topuria next but he’s also stated that it’s up to the UFC to decide what path they want to take.

Max Holloway wants to run things back with Ilia Topuria after his UFC 318 win, but also sees many other fun options at lightweight.

Prior to the BMF title fight between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier, UFC 318 has a stacked lineup of preliminary bouts to get fans ready for the main event.

UFC 318 takes place Saturday at Smoothie King Center, and you can watch a live video stream of the post-event news conference here on MMA Junkie. Expected to take part in the press conference are the winner and loser of the BMF championship trilogy fight between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier,

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.