Ige (19-9 MMA, 11-8 UFC) meets former two-division Bellator champion Patricio Freire (36-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) on Saturday's UFC 318 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main card at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Ige explains that he's been wanting to fight "Pitbull" for a while.

People toast during the Tales of the Cocktail at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) Drink around the world without your passport at WEINDORF – A WORLD TOUR OF WINES.

UFC 318 continues with a fight between Kevin Holland and Daniel Rodriguez. Check out our UFC odds series for our Holland-Rodriguez prediction.

At 42 years old, Melvin Guillard is still an ‘anytime, anywhere’ kind of fighter. The 60-fight MMA veteran fought under the UFC banner 20 times against the likes of Nate Diaz, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, and more.

New Orleans rapper Alfred Banks celebrates his birthday on Saturday, July 19, with a show at Gasa Gasa. He’ll be joined by La Reezy, who recently has been catching some national attention, and gifted lyricist Kaye the Beast. Music starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $19.29 via gasagasanola.com.

Yes — it’s legal to place bets on UFC 318 in California using internationally licensed sportsbooks. These sites are based offshore, operate under global gaming licenses, and accept U.S. players without restriction.

"The Italian Dream" takes on bitter rival Brendan Allen on the preliminary card of Saturday's UFC pay-per-view event at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Vettori (19-7-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) and Allen (24-7 MMA, 12-4 UFC) have plenty of history, more infamously getting into a brawl on the casino floor of the Hard Rock Hotel in South Florida.

The fatal mistake wasn't nerves or jitters, no. It was quite the opposite. Freire (36-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) said his UFC 314 loss to Yair Rodriguez was the result of being too calm.