How to watch UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 on ESPN - ESPN

Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier is returning to his home state for a trilogy fight against UFC BMF champion Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 318 on Saturday at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

Poirier (30-9-0), a Lafayette, Louisiana, native, will step into the Octagon for the final time to challenge Holloway (26-8-0) for his BMF title. Paulo Costa (14-4-0) will face Roman Kopylov (14-3-0) in a clash of middleweights in the co-main event.

The main card will be on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+ at 8 p.m. and early prelims on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+ at 6 p.m.

Poirier is 2-0 in his storied career against Holloway. The 36-year-old defeated Holloway via submission in their first meeting in February 2012. Poirier got the better of the 33-year-old Hawaii native again in April 2019 in a unanimous decision for the interim lightweight crown.

UFC's BMF king looks to finally turn the tables against Poirier in the former champ's final bout before retirement.

What are the top storylines at UFC 318? How are experts breaking them down? What do the fighters have to say? Here is the fight card, how to watch it and a collection of UFC 318 essentials:

UFC 318 fight card

ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET

BMF championship: Max Holloway © vs. Dustin Poirier

Middleweight: Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov

Welterweight: Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez

Featherweight: Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull

Lightweight: Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber

ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET

Bantamweight: Kyler Phillips vs. Vinicius Oliveira

Middleweight: Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen

Welterweight: Francisco Prado vs. Nikolay Veretennikov

Middleweight: Ateba Gautier vs. Robert Valentin