During her UFC 318 preparation, Carli Judice identified it'd be the strike that would likely be the X-factor for her. Boy, was she right. Judice (5-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) topped off a brilliant performance with a crushing knee to the body that put Nicolle Caliari (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) away late.

Paulo Costa reveals gruesome leg damage after UFC 318 win, shocking fans with brutal injuries sustained during hard-fought octagon war.

The UFC has long been a stage where athleticism meets showmanship, but a growing trend of fighters balancing combat sports with high-fashion careers is rewriting the script. From former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold,

Spann (23-11 MMA, 9-6 UFC) submitted Lukasz Brzeski (9-7-1 MMA, 1-6 UFC) with a guillotine choke in the first round of Saturday's UFC 318 prelims at Smoothie King Center. Spann is relieved after his heavyweight debut didn't go his way, where he was knocked out by Waldo Cortes-Acosta in March.

Vinicius Oliveira quite literally dropped the mic after his UFC 318 win. "LokDog" isn't just a fighter. He's a rapper, too. One day after his victory over Kyler Phillips in New Orleans, Oliveira (23-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) dropped a new single "Fenomenal" featuring Brazilian rapper B-Dynamitze.

Max Holloway was the first to admit he didn't exactly relish the idea of spoiling Dustin Poirier's final fight.

"I was sure I won this fight," Veretennikov explained. "I punched him hard. I did knock him down twice, and he was dizzy. He took me down twice, that was good, but I'm sure I won this fight. That's for sure."

Paulo Costa was in the headlines for a strange reason ahead of his UFC 318 fight this past Saturday. While most of the attention surrounded Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway this past Saturday at UFC 318, former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa was heading into a huge fight to save his career.

The full UFC 318 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Max Holloway: $42,000 def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000 Paulo Costa: $11,000 def. Roman Kopylov: $6,000 Daniel Rodriguez: $11,000 def. Kevin Holland: $21,000 Patricio Freire: $4,000 def. Dan Ige: $16,000 Michael Johnson: $21,000 def. Daniel Zellhuber: $6,000

Crute (13-4-2 MMA, 5-4-2 UFC) submitted Marcin Prachnio (17-9 MMA, 4-7 UFC) with a first-round armbar in Saturday's prelims at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. After the win, Crute called out Dustin Jacoby (21-9-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) for the upcoming UFC Fight Night on Sept. 27 from RAC Arena in Perth.