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UFC 318: Max Blessed Again, Costa’s Return, and Usyk’s Still Him

July 22, 2025 • Fares Sharari • Episode 245

In today’s episode, Fares returns from Mexico (0:32) as the duo reunites to break down everything that went down in the combat sports world this past weekend.

They kick things off with UFC 318, where the BMF title was on the line. Max Holloway’s dominance at lightweight continues (5:14), followed by a look back at favorite Dustin Poirier moments (18:07). Paulo Costa returned looking as dominant as ever against Roman Dolidze (23:25), while the real fight of the night was Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez (28:58). Ige vs. Pitbull failed to deliver (39:34), but Michael Johnson opened the card with a shocking performance over Daniel Zellhuber (43:03).

Then it’s over to boxing, where Oleksandr Usyk remains the king of the heavyweights (57:26).

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