Despite Patricio Freire being an unranked UFC featherweight, Dan Ige sees him as a big fight. 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,

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.

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UFC 318 kicks off with a fight between Carli Judice and Nicolle Caliari. Check out our UFC odds series for our Judice-Caliari prediction.

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.

"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.

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