Overview
- The Etihad Arena card, which takes place Saturday Oct. 24, is headlined by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. undefeated Movsar Evloev and co-headlined by Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili in a trilogy decider.
- Volkanovski has publicly said he expects to stop Evloev and released a fight-week training video that showed an intense team challenge in which a teammate briefly passed out.
- Evloev enters 20-0 with all 10 UFC wins by decision, a résumé that fuels debate about decision-first fighters and whether Volkanovski’s finishing approach can change the outcome.
- Yan told the UFC’s Countdown he will take the initiative against Dvalishvili and the trilogy carries clear stakes because each man has one win in their two prior meetings.
- UFC 333 will run on an early schedule for U.S. viewers with the main card at 2:00 p.m. ET and the full event streaming on Paramount+ which continues the promotion’s new broadcast model and global reach.