UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 takes place on Saturday, July 19, at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the event, and MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin looks at the opening odds below.
UFC 318 Odds
Max Holloway -200
Dustin Poirier +170
Patricio Freire -120
Dan Ige +100
Ateba Abega Gautier -395
Robert Valentin +310
Paulo Costa -122
Roman Kopylov +102
Daniel Zellhuber -278
Michael Johnson +225
Brendan Allen -200
Marvin Vettori +170
Kevin Holland -350
Daniel Rodriguez +285
Vinicius de Oliveira -200
Kyler Phillips +170
Brunno Ferreira -350
Jackson McVey +285
Islam Dulatov -350
Adam Fugitt +285
Jimmy Crute -300
Marcin Prachnio +250
Carli Judice -225
Nicolle Caliari +190
Nikolay Veretennikov -185
Francisco Prado +160
Ryan Spann -286
Lukasz Brzeski +246
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC 318 Opening Odds:
- In the main event of UFC 318, we have the trilogy match between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier. Holloway is coming off a brutal KO loss to Ilia Topuria at featherweight and is moving back up to lightweight, where he knocked out Justin Gaethje in highlight-reel fashion at UFC 300. As for Poirier, he last fought against former champion Islam Makhachev and was finished by submission. That being said, Poirier has beaten Holloway twice before and has a hometown advantage here, so despite being the underdog, you cannot count him out.
- In the co-main event, we have a middleweight bout between Paulo Costa and Roman Kopylov. Costa has not fought since losing a split decision to Sean Strickland last June, and overall, he has lost four of his last five fights, with his only win since the start of the decade being a decision win over Luke Rockhold in 2022. As for Kopylov, he is on a two-fight win streak, and he has won six of his last seven fights overall. The oddsmakers opened up Costa as a small favorite, but the line quickly flipped, and now Kopylov is the clear favorite to win.
