UFC 318 fight card, date, time and how to watch

UFC 318 It will be a memorable night on Saturday, July 19 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, when Lafayette’s Dustin Poirier makes his final appearance in the Octagon and faces Max Holloway for the third time in the main event of UFC 318, where the BMF title will also be on the line. A former interim lightweight champion, Poirier has beaten the best of the best in his long career, and now he will finish it off with a long fight against longtime featherweight champion and current BMF king Holloway.

For the UFC 318 card, Michael Johnson will take on Daniel Zellhuber in a lightweight bout, Ateba Abega Gautier will take on Robert Valentin in a middleweight bout, Dan Egg will face Patricio Pitbull in their featherweight contest, and Paulo Costa will take on Roman Kopylov in a middleweight bout.

On the preliminary card, Marvin Vettori will face Brendan Allen in a middleweight bout, Adam Fugit will face Islam Dulatov in a welterweight bout, Ikram Aliskerov will face Bruno Ferreira in their middleweight contest, and Neil Magni will face Gunnar Nelson in a welterweight bout.

Additionally, Kyler Phillips will face Vinicius Oliveira in the bantamweight bout, Carli Judice will face Nicolle Caliari in the women’s flyweight bout, Jimmy Krut will face Marcin Prachnio in the light heavyweight bout, and Francisco Prado will face Nikolay Veretnikov in the welterweight bout.

Wrapping up the preliminary phase of the card, Kevin Holland will face Daniel Rodriguez in a welterweight contest, and Ryan Spann will face the challenge of Lukas Brzeski at heavyweight.

Here’s everything you need to know about what promises to be a great night of MMA action at UFC 318.

When is UFC 318?

UFC 318 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 19th, 2025, at Smoothie King Center In New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. The pay-per-view event will begin at 8pm ET / 5pm PT with preliminaries and the main card at 10pm ET / 7pm PT, airing exclusively on ESPN Plus and UFC.COM PPV.

Who is showing the UFC 318 card on TV?

UFC 318 will be broadcast on ESPN Pay Per View in the US, while the event will be broadcast in the United Kingdom by TNT Sports 1.

How to Order the UFC 318

You can order UFC 318 exclusively through ESPN Plus and UFC.COM PPV Before purchasing, you will need a subscription to ESPN Plus to access the service’s PPV content. After that, you will need to pay separately to watch UFC 318 and any future pay-per-view events on the service.