UFC 318 is almost here. Tomorrow night, Smoothie King Center in New Orleans plays host to the Saturday night MMA extravaganza. If you want to watch this event and you’re inside the United States, ESPN+ will carry the schedule of events from start to finish.
Early prelims begin the evening at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT on ESPN+ and also on UFC Fight Pass (worldwide.) UFC 318 late prelims follow at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN and ESPN+ before the five-fight main card at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
Friday morning, the card’s official weigh-in window was held for this anticipated card. There was good news on the scales today, as well.
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
