Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against unbeaten Evloev and Yan faces Dvalishvili for the bantamweight belt today, with Khabib backing Evloev.
From 39 reports by 24 outlets
UFC
Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Event details from TheSportsDB
Latest Khabib Nurmagomedov backs Evloev on Instagram: 'Keep your head cool and only go forward' 3 updates 24 outlets
Fight card
Main card
- Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev Featherweight title fight
- Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili Bantamweight title fight
- Lone'er Kavanagh vs Ramazonbek Temirov Flyweight
- Rizvan Kuniev vs Alexander Volkov Heavyweight
- Losene Keita vs Aaron Pico Featherweight
- Azamat Murzakanov vs Dominick Reyes Light Heavyweight
- Nikita Krylov vs Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev Light Heavyweight
- Abus Magomedov vs Cameron Rowston Middleweight
- Nurullo Aliev vs Grant Dawson Lightweight
- Asaf Chopurov vs Colby Thicknesse Bantamweight
- Jacob Malkoun vs Abubakar Vagaev Middleweight
- Bolaji Oki vs Daniel Santos Featherweight
- Noah Gugnon vs Kody Steele Lightweight
- Nicolle Caliari vs Iasmin Lucindo Catchweight
What we know
- Early prelims start , prelims and the main card , all on Paramount+ in the U.S. with no pay-per-view fee
- Losene Keita replaced the injured Arnold Allen against Aaron Pico
- Nicolle Caliari weighed 120.5 pounds, so her bout with Iasmin Lucindo is a catchweight fight
Reported, not confirmed
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Caliari forfeits 30 percent of her purse to Lucindo
Knockout Daily
- Dana White said it would be hard to deny Volkanovski another lightweight title shot if he wins at UFC 333 MMA Orbit
UFC 333 has two belts on the line at Etihad Arena. Volkanovski, 38, makes the second defense of his second featherweight reign after beating Diego Lopes twice, a comeback that followed his February 2024 knockout loss to Ilia Topuria. Every one of his 11 fights since 2019 has been for a title. Evloev, 32 and 20-0, is 10-0 in the UFC with every win on the scorecards, and Volkanovski has dared him to wrestle: "You can try and take me down all day," he said, via The Associated Press.
The co-main settles a rivalry at one win apiece. Dvalishvili dominated their 2023 meeting; Yan took the belt back by unanimous decision at UFC 323 in December 2025, ending Dvalishvili's 14-fight winning streak, and neither has fought since. Dvalishvili had fought four times in 2025 and later admitted taking the rematch on a short turnaround was a mistake.
On the main card, No. 4 heavyweight Alexander Volkov, who asked Dana White at the press conference how to get a title shot and was told "Talk to Sean and Mick", faces Rizvan Kuniev; MMA Mania figures a convincing win could set him up for the winner of Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit at UFC 334. Keita, a former two-division OKTAGON champion, steps in after his first-round knockout of Muhammad Naimov at UFC Paris.
Main-event walkout estimates vary with how many fights go the distance: Athlon has it around , The Sporting News closer to .
The co-main settles a rivalry at one win apiece. Dvalishvili dominated their 2023 meeting; Yan took the belt back by unanimous decision at UFC 323 in December 2025, ending Dvalishvili's 14-fight winning streak, and neither has fought since. Dvalishvili had fought four times in 2025 and later admitted taking the rematch on a short turnaround was a mistake.
On the main card, No. 4 heavyweight Alexander Volkov, who asked Dana White at the press conference how to get a title shot and was told "Talk to Sean and Mick", faces Rizvan Kuniev; MMA Mania figures a convincing win could set him up for the winner of Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit at UFC 334. Keita, a former two-division OKTAGON champion, steps in after his first-round knockout of Muhammad Naimov at UFC Paris.
Main-event walkout estimates vary with how many fights go the distance: Athlon has it around , The Sporting News closer to .
- Summary
- Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against unbeaten Evloev and Yan faces Dvalishvili for the bantamweight belt today, with Khabib backing Evloev.
- Key points (one per line)
- Alexander Volkanovski defends the UFC featherweight title against unbeaten Movsar Evloev in the UFC 333 main event at Etihad Arena.
Petr Yan defends the bantamweight title against Merab Dvalishvili in their trilogy fight.
Losene Keita replaces the injured Arnold Allen against Aaron Pico.
Nicolle Caliari missed weight at 120.5 pounds for her bout with Iasmin Lucindo.
- Official source URL
- https://x.com/ufc/status/2113649308931408148
- Official source name
- UFC
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FIGHTMAG | https://www.fightmag.com/ufc-333-volkanovski-vs-evloev-live-results/
MMA Fighting | https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/517228/ufc-333-results-volkanovski-vs-evloev
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MMA Mania | https://www.mmamania.com/ufc-333-fight-card-start-time-live-stream-volkanovski-vs-evloev/481218/dana-white-absolutely-recognized-alexander-volkov-ufc-333-presser-played-along-sake-shtick
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Combat Press | https://combatpress.com/2026/10/ufc-333-volkanovski-vs-evloev-results/
Relevo MMA | https://www.relevo.com/mma/ufc-333-hoy-volkanovski-evloev-yan-dvalishvili-horario-espana.html
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La Sueur | https://lasueur.com/losene-keita-decortique-le-style-daaron-pico-24-10-2026
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MMA Mania | https://www.mmamania.com/ufc-333-fight-card-start-time-live-stream-volkanovski-vs-evloev/480690/ufc-333-start-time-full-fight-card-details-volkanovski-vs-evloev
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Sportsnaut UFC | https://sportsnaut.com/ufc/live-ufc-333-volkanovski-vs-evloev-results-highlights
UFC | https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-333
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Kimura | https://www.kimura.se/resultat-ufc-333/
UFC | https://x.com/ufc/status/2113948625277456838
Cageside Press | https://cagesidepress.com/2026/10/24/ufc-333s-grant-dawson-timing-is-everything/
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Fighters in this story
Merab Dvalishvili
Petr Yan
Alexander Volkanovski
Movsar Evloev
Nicolle Caliari
Aaron Pico
Alexander Volkov
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Grant Dawson
Losene Keita
Rizvan Kuniev
Ramazonbek Temirov
Dominick Reyes
Cameron Rowston
Colby Thicknesse
Daniel SantosHow the story developed
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Khabib Nurmagomedov backs Evloev on Instagram: 'Keep your head cool and only go forward'Knockout Daily
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Weigh-ins: both title fights set, Nicolle Caliari misses weight at 120.5 pounds
Sherdog, 
MMA Fighting
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