Dustin Poirier says going toe-to-toe with Max Holloway in the final seconds of their UFC 318 fight didn’t go to plan.<\/p>\n
Poirier-Holloway 3 took center stage at UFC 318, where ‘The Diamond’ received a bespoke UFC retirement package. His send-off was semi-spoiled by Holloway winning the final fight in their trilogy, and he put a stamp on his performance by battering Poirier to the final bell.<\/p>\n
The two lightweight greats pointed to the floor and swung for the fences in the final ten seconds, before Poirier grabbed Holloway for a clinch to end the fight.<\/p>\n
‘I apologize’ … Massive UFC 318 favorite responds after shocking defeat During the UFC 318 post-event press conference, Poirier explained that Holloway landed some strikes he didn’t like, which forced him to engage the clinch.<\/p>\n “I wanted to do it [the Holloway point-down],” Poirier admitted. “That’s why I kept looking up at the clock, I was like, ‘When we doing this?’ . . . Then we pointed down… And he hit me with a few shots and I said, ‘Okay, we’re gonna wrestle a little bit.’ Let me clinch up, there’s only eight seconds left.”<\/p>\n Holloway famously knocked out Justin Gaethje in the final second of their fight at UFC 300, initiating the brawl with his patented point-down and swing. <\/p>\n Most likely, Poirier didn’t want to recreate the Gaethje knockout and chose to end his retirement without risk of being knocked out in the final moments of the fight.<\/p>\n Stick with\u00a0MMAKnockout<\/a>\u00a0for more\u00a0FREE coverage\u00a0of the UFC, MMA, Boxing. Follow MMAKnockout on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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