UFC 333 is official for Sat., Oct. 24, 2026, at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Headlining the Paramount+ fight card will be the featherweight title fight pitting current division champion, Alex Volkanovski, against No. 1-ranked contender, Movsar Evloev. In the championship co-main event, bantamweight champion Petr Yan completes his trilogy against former 135-pound titleholder, Merab Dvalishvili.
BetOnline.ag recently opened the UFC 333 betting lines.
Alex Volkanovski: -105
Movsar Evloev: -115
Petr Yan: -170
Merab Dvalishvili: +150
Expect these numbers to fluctuate as we get closer to fight night.
“I think [Evloev] is a good wrestler, he’s good at getting people down, but he doesn’t really do much with it once he gets them down,” Volkanovski’s coach, Joe Lopez, told Submission Radio. “And that’s what I guess makes him boring. So he just hangs onto them. And I don’t think he’s going to be able to hang onto Volk.”
“You know, Volk is just so strong, and his scrambling skills and his jiu jitsu and wrestling are another level,” Lopez continued. “He feels like a heavyweight on top of you. And then, he just doesn’t hang onto you. He’s looking to land some bombs or an elbow or something on you. So you don’t want to be on the bottom when Alex is on top.”
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