Dustin Poirier disagreed with judges’ scores in UFC 318 retirement fight: ‘It felt a lot closer to me’

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Dustin Poirier planned to retire win, lose, or draw after UFC 318 was over, but he was admittedly a little disappointed with how his final fight against Max Holloway ended.

The five-round war was an instant classic with both fighters scoring knockdowns and a whopping 310 total strikes landed, but the result didn’t exactly seem like a back-and-forth battle. Two judges scored the fight 49-46 for Holloway with the third judge handing down a 48-47 scorecard for the incumbent “BMF” champion.