Howard's UFC 318 prelim predictions: Ryan Spann beats Lukasz Brzeski with ease, Islam Dulatov can't be stopped, and Marvin Vettori vs. Brendan Allen goes the distance. UFC 318 takes place this evening from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, and it is headlined by Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier III.

Dan Ige and Patricio "Pitbull" Freire meet in a 3-round featherweight bout Saturday at UFC 318 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

In a 3-round middleweight bout on the main card, Paulo Costa and Roman Kopylov meet Saturday at UFC 318 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

The UFC 318 Prelims begin with this Middleweight tilt. Check the UFC odds for our Gautier-Valentin prediction and pick.

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Max Holloway leaned into his position of spoiler to Dustin Poirier's retirement fight, and it paid off at UFC 318 with a successful defense of his BMF title. After losing the first pair of meetings in February 2012 and April 2019,