For the seventh consecutive year, the UFC is returning to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for a numbered event in October. Today’s UFC 333 card features two tremendous title fights: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev for the Featherweight Championship, while Petr Yan faces Merab Dvalishvili for the Bantamweight title.
Even though Alexander Volkanovski is 38 years old, he continues to compete at an elite level. Volkanovski is currently in his second reign as UFC Featherweight Champion and most recently beat Diego Lopes in back-to-back fights. This is Volkanovski’s 12th consecutive title fight, with an 8-3 record in those contests. If Volkanovski beats Evloev, he would break the tie with Jose Aldo for the most UFC Featherweight title wins at nine. Evloev enters with a 20-0 record and an impressive UFC resume, including wins over Lerone Murphy, Aljamain Sterling, Arnold Allen, and Diego Lopes. On DraftKings Sportsbook, Evloev is -112, with Volkanovski being -108 in this bout.
Yan delivered a career-altering performance at UFC 323 in December 2025, beating Dvalishvili by unanimous decision and avenging his previous loss to him. Now, Yan enters his second reign as Undisputed Bantamweight Champion and looks to make this title run different from the first. Before “The Machine” lost his last fight to Yan, he won 14 straight bouts from September 2018 to October 2025 and looked unbeatable. Dvalishvili’s last win came at UFC 320 against Cory Sandhagen 12 months ago. Yan is the favorite at -142, with Dvalishvili the +120 underdog.
This card also features a top-10 Flyweight contest between No. 6 Lone’er Kavanagh and No. 10 Ramazan Temirov. Kavanagh is coming off a loss to Brandon Royval but beat former champion Brandon Moreno before that. From March 2019 to March 2025, Kavanagh began his MMA career 9-0 with five finishes. Temirov, 29, is 20-3 with 13 finishes and has started his UFC career 3-0 with two first-round knockouts. Kavanagh is a slight -115 favorite, with Temirov being the underdog at -105.
The second fight on today’s Main Card is a three-round Heavyweight bout between No. 2 Alexander Volkov and No. 7 Rizvan Kuniev. Volkov is in the midst of a great stretch, winning six of his previous seven fights, with his lone loss in that span coming by split decision against Ciryl Gane. Kuniev, 14-3-1, is on a two-fight winning streak and last beat Tyrell Fortune by knockout in July. In this fight on DraftKings Sportsbook, Volkov is the favorite at -120 with Kuniev as a +100 underdog.
Two rising fighters in the Featherweight division, No. 11 Aaron Pico and Losene Keita, will face off in the opening bout on the Main Card. Pico is 4-1 in his previous five contests, and last beat Patricio Pitbull at UFC 327 in April. Meanwhile, Keita is 17-2 with 11 knockouts and scored a first-round knockout over Muhammad Naimov 49 days ago. In this bout, Pico is a -148 favorite with Keita as a +124 underdog.
How to Watch
This card begins at 10:00 a.m. ET with the Early Prelims and continues at 12:00 p.m. ET with the Prelims. The UFC 333 Main Card starts at 2:00 p.m. ET on Paramount+. Check out the full card below.
Main Card
| Matchup: | Records: | Weight Class: | Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook: |
| Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. #1 Movsar Evloev UFC Featherweight Championship | 28-4 (15-3 UFC) vs. 20-0 (10-0 UFC) | Featherweight | -108 vs. -112 |
| Petr Yan (c) vs. #1 Merab Dvalishvili UFC Bantamweight Championship | 20-5 (12-4 UFC) vs. 21-5 (14-3 UFC) | Bantamweight | -142 vs. +120 |
| #6 Lone’er Kavanagh vs. #10 Ramazan Temirov | 10-2 (3-2 UFC) vs. 20-3 (3-0 UFC) | Flyweight | -115 vs. -105 |
| #2 Alexander Volkov vs. #7 Rizvan Kuniev | 40-11 (14-5 UFC) vs. 14-3-1 (2-1 UFC) | Heavyweight | -120 vs. +100 |
| #11 Aaron Pico vs. Losene Keita | 14-5 (1-1 UFC) vs. 17-2 (1-1 UFC) | Featherweight | -148 vs. +124 |
Prelims
| Matchup: | Records: | Weight Class: | Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook: |
| #7 Azamat Murzakanov vs. #8 Dominick Reyes | 16-1 (6-1 UFC) vs. 16-5 (10-5 UFC) | Light Heavyweight | -205 vs. +170 |
| #15 Nikita Krylov vs. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev | 31-12 (12-10 UFC) vs. 10-0 (3-0 UFC) | Light Heavyweight | +410 vs. -550 |
| #12 Abus Magomedov vs. Cam Rowston | 29-7-1 (5-3 UFC) vs. 15-3 (3-0 UFC) | Middleweight | -125 vs. +105 |
| Grant Dawson vs. Nurullo Aliev | 24-3-1 (12-2-1 UFC) vs. 12-0 (4-0 UFC) | Lightweight | -115 vs. -105 |
Early Prelims
| Matchup: | Records: | Weight Class: | Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook: |
| Colby Thicknesse vs. Asaf Chopurov | 9-1 (2-1 UFC) vs. 11-0 | Bantamweight | +440 vs. -600 |
| Abubakar Vagaev vs. Jacob Malkoun | 25-4 (1-0 UFC) vs. 10-3 (6-3 UFC) | Middleweight | -162 vs. +136 |
| Bolaji Oki vs. Daniel Santos | 10-4 (2-3 UFC) vs. 14-3 (4-2 UFC) | Featherweight | -105 vs. -115 |
| Kody Steele vs. Noah Gugnon | 8-1 (1-1 UFC) vs. 10-2 (1-0 UFC) | Lightweight | -162 vs. +136 |
| Iasmin Lucindo vs. Nicolle Caliari | 18-6 (5-2 UFC) vs. 9-4 (1-2 UFC) | Women’s Strawweight | -395 vs. +310 |
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