Fighter vs. Writer: Alan Jouban Reacts to Dustin Poirier’s Retirement and What’s Next for Max Holloway

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, Alan Jouban joins Damon Martin to discuss Dustin Poirier’s retirement this past weekend at UFC 318 and his performance against Max Holloway. We’ll also discuss what comes next for Holloway and if a rematch against new lightweight champion Ilia Topuria goes any different at 155 pounds? All that and much more! Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.7	Thank you. You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network. Welcome back to the fighter versus the writer.
1:18.2	I am Damon Martin, and we are coming off a weekend where a UFC legend retired.
1:21.3	Dustin Porre is final fight with Max Holloway, UFC 318.
1:26.0	And I could not imagine having a better co-host today than a man who is not only at the fight.
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1:44.8	It is always my great pleasure to welcome in. Alan, Joe Ban. Alan, how are you? I'm good, brother. Just got back from New Orleans last night. I barely got out of bed, made it to the gym this morning, but I'm trying to get back on track. I eat, all I ate today was an avocado with some honey in it because I'm trying to do you go to New Orleans. It's like it's bignets. It's fries food. It's oysters. It's that. It's amazing. But then you're like, all right, I got to like get back to my normal routine. I got to the beach next week. I got to go walk around in a swimsuit. So I'm trying to get healthy and kind of get back in routine right now. Yeah, New Orleans is amazing.
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