Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its upcoming UFC 318 pay-per-view (PPV) event, headlined by a trilogy 'BMF' bout between former UFC Featherweight champion-turned-Lightweight Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier,

Francisco Prado is determined to put an end to his losing skid by stopping Nikolay Veretennikov at Saturday's UFC 318.

The Octagon is in New Orleans for local and global favorite Dustin Poirier’s farewell. After 18 years as an active MMA fighter, the gloves will be hung up after Poirier fights Max Holloway at UFC 318 for the symbolic BMF title.

New Orleans rapper Alfred Banks celebrates his birthday on Saturday, July 19, with a show at Gasa Gasa. He’ll be joined by La Reezy, who recently has been catching some national attention, and gifted lyricist Kaye the Beast. Music starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $19.29 via gasagasanola.com.

On the fourth episode of UFC 318 "Embedded," Robert Valentin seeks mystical answers on Bourbon Street while Dustin Poirier visits the Saints.

If we’re lucky here in the combat domain, there are a couple of times a year the fight world explodes with options. This weekend is one of those.