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UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
26-8 · USA
VS
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
30-9 · USA
July 19, 2025 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Max Holloway def. Dustin Poirier by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway26/640/010:08
Poirier16/320/000:00
R2
Holloway44/670/001:24
Poirier25/430/110:12
R3
Holloway38/610/000:00
Poirier21/490/000:00
R4
Holloway44/840/000:00
Poirier22/680/000:00
R5
Holloway46/990/000:00
Poirier25/630/000:00
Total
Holloway198/3750/011:32
Poirier109/2550/110:12

Scorecards

Holloway vs Poirier

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-99-109.6-9.4
R39-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R49-109-1010-99.7-9.3
R510-910-910-910-9
Total48-4749-4649-4649.1-45.9

Media (21 cards) · avg 49.345.7 · 21 Holloway · 0 Poirier

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holloway-Poirier.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
HollowayWin probabilityPoirier
57.9%42.1%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
6%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 17.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Holloway, blue toward Poirier. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Holloway58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%55%20%
Submission2%4%4%
Decision24%41%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes164 (71224)act 198
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Poirier42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%61%22%
Submission4%9%10%
Decision12%30%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes140 (60190)act 109
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~305 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R216%
R321%
R412%
R58%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
54.8%-122
Poirier
+12244.9%
Most takedownstie 58.8%
Holloway
20.0%+107
Poirier
-10721.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 164.5
164.5
Over 164.5
39.8%
+152
Under 164.5
60.2%
-152
0206412
Poirier
Expected: 140.0
140
Over 140
39.6%
+152
Exactly 140
0.3%
push
Under 140
60.1%
-152
0176351
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.8%
+320
Under 0.5
76.2%
-320
035
Poirier
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+296
Under 0.5
74.8%
-296
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 17.5 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Holloway57.9%50.9%+7.0-115
Poirier42.1%49.1%−7.0-107
By method
Holloway by KO/TKO33.5%20.4%+13.1+330
Holloway by submission3.4%4.4%−1.0+1900
Holloway by decision21.0%26.5%−5.5+230
Poirier by KO/TKO24.4%22.5%+1.9+290
Poirier by submission2.4%9.7%−7.3+800
Poirier by decision15.3%16.5%−1.2+430
Total rounds (over)
Over 4.5 rds44.5%48.5%−4.0-106
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision36.3%44.9%−8.6+110

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
72.8Striking68.8
Holloway +4.0
52.4Grappling54.5
Poirier +2.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayPoirier
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1703
Pound-for-pound
1693
1525
Divisional
1648
1581
Striking offense
1584
1509
Striking defense
1475
1445
Grappling offense
1523
1628
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
33 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
7.16
Strikes landed / min
5.42
48%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.76
Strikes absorbed / min
4.42
59%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.30
53%
Takedown accuracy
36%
83%
Takedown defense
63%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
59%
Finish rate
68%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
413
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • LIlia TopuriaKO/TKO R3
    Close +2229mo before
  • WJustin GaethjeKO/TKO R5
    Close +1511y 3mo before
  • WChan Sung JungKO/TKO R3
    Close -7501y 11mo before
  • WArnold AllenU-DEC R5
    Close -1722y 3mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +1583y 1mo before
Dustin Poirier
  • LIslam MakhachevSUB R5
    Close +3271y 2mo before
  • WBenoit Saint DenisKO/TKO R2
    Close +1781y 4mo before
  • LJustin GaethjeKO/TKO R2
    Close -1452y before
  • WMichael ChandlerSUB R3
    Close -2202y 8mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close -1373y 7mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 26-8-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 6 losses
W
46% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
22win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (50%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
2 (9%)Submission(13%) 1
9 (41%)Decision(75%) 6
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Poirier — win / loss by method
Record: 30-9-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
16 wins, 3 losses
W
53% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
22% of losses
UFC
22win8loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (50%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
4 (18%)Submission(50%) 4
7 (32%)Decision(13%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Poirier
30
UFC fights
31
482.7 min · 16.1 avg
Octagon time
323.2 min · 10.4 avg
15y 11m
Career length
17y 2m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Holloway
Poirier
529W–105L · 83.4%
Overall
535W–116L · 82.2%
391W–91L · 81.1%
Wins
367W–83L · 81.6%
138W–14L · 90.8%
Losses
168W–33L · 83.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Poirier
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
40W–12L · 76.9%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Distance striking
Holloway
Poirier
7.58
Landed / min
7.93
45.6%
Accuracy
46.9%
60.1%
Defense
57.6%
0.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
83.0%
Time at distance
51.2%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Poirier
0.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.30
53.3%
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
83.0%
Takedown defense
63.0%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.11
39.2%
Control share
50.2%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head65%(2,260)div 63%
  • Body24%(829)div 21%
  • Legs11%(368)div 16%
Poirier
  • Head80%(1,396)div 63%
  • Body10%(176)div 21%
  • Legs10%(180)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Dustin Poirier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.