Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier will co-headline UFC 236 on Saturday, April 13 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta alongside Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum. Both bouts during the pay-per-view event's main card will be for interim championships.
Holloway, the reigning featherweight champion, will move up to lightweight to fight Poirier for the 155-pound interim title in a rematch of their 2012 fight at UFC 143, where Poirier handed Holloway his first career defeat in his UFC debut. Holloway, 5'11", holds a 20–3 record to Poirier's 24–5. Poirier, a southpaw, is listed at 5'9".
The title is up for grabs with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov under suspension due to last October's fight following his victory over Conor McGregor.