Dustin Poirier

UFC 318 weigh-in results & face-offs. Manny Pacquiao and Oleksandr Usyk back in action tomorrow.

Huge night of fights on Saturday night! See the weigh-in results and face-offs for: UFC 318, Manny Pacquiao vs Mario Barrios & Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois. And more!

Clement Leong

18 Jul 2025 — 3 min read

Left to right: Dustin Poirier, Manny Pacquiao, Oleksandr Usyk.

Mixed Martial Arts

Dustin Poirier & Max Holloway tip the scales at 156lbs and 155lbs respectively for their main event bout at UFC 318 on July 19, 2025 for the BMF title.

Final face-off for Max Holloway & Dustin Poirier.

Paulo Costa & Roman Kopylov tip the scales at 185lbs a piece for their co-main event bout at UFC 318.

Kevin Holland & Daniel Rodriguez tip the scales at 170lbs a piece for UFC 318.

Sean Strickland has been temporarily suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission for storming the cage and attacking a fighter during a Tuff-N-Uff event in June. His suspension is expected to be extended at an upcoming hearing, preventing him from competing in the UFC until a final decision is made.

Justin Gaethje would like to challenge UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria at Madison Square Garden in New York City and then defend the title at The White House card in 2026. Gaethje acknowledges the next contender for the title is either himself or Arman Tsarukyan – believes he’s in a better spot than Tsarukyan.

Kevin Holland wants to surpass his personal best of five fights in 2020 and get seven fights in 2025. Holland’s timeline is around Noche UFC and then before Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Dustin Poirier names his MMA Mount Rushmore as Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva.

UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is picking Max Holloway to be victorious at UFC 318.

Islam Makhachev is rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 318.

“100% he’s my guy [Dustin Poirier]. I will root for him. We text each other a lot and this is his last fight, I think he will come out at his peak. I wish him luck and I think he will win.”

Boxing

Manny Pacquiao & Mario Barrios tip the scales at 146.8lbs and 146.2lbs for their WBC welterweight championship fight tomorrow in Las Vegas, NV. Ring walk is expected around 11:15pm ET.

Oleksandr Usyk & Daniel Dubois tip the scales at 227.2lbs and 243.8lbs respectively for their undisputed heavyweight title fight on July 19, 2025 at Wembley Stadium in London, UK.

Final face-off between Oleksandr Usyk & Daniel Dubois ahead of their rematch.

The ring walk for the Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois is expected to be around 4:45pm ET.

Culture

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Conor McGregor's pub in Dublin catches fire. Opening odds for UFC 320 and UFC 321.

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