UFC 333 Volkanovski vs Evloev

Movsar Evloev dethroned Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision to become the new UFC featherweight champion in Abu Dhabi. Evloev’s pressure, grappling and control proved decisive over five rounds, ending Volkanovski’s latest title reign and preserving his unbeaten record. In the co-main event, Merab Dvalishvili defeated Petr Yan to retain the bantamweight championship.

Main card (Paramount+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski (c) def. Movsar Evloev TKO (punches) 2 4:54
Bantamweight Petr Yan (c) def. Merab Dvalishvili Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) 5 5:00
Flyweight Lone'er Kavanagh def. Ramazan Temirov TKO (punches) 1 4:28
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Rizvan Kuniev Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Aaron Pico def. Losene Keita TKO (punches) 1 1:14
Preliminary card (Paramount+)
Light Heavyweight Dominick Reyes def. Azamat Murzakanov TKO (head kick and punches) 1 2:40
Light Heavyweight Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Nikita Krylov TKO (knee and punches) 1 2:38
Middleweight Abusupiyan Magomedov def. Cameron Rowston Technical Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:44
Lightweight Grant Dawson def. Nurullo Aliev Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00
Early preliminary card (Paramount+)
Bantamweight Colby Thicknesse def. Asaf Chopurov Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Abubakar Vagaev def. Jacob Malkoun Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Daniel Santos def. Bolaji Oki Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Kody Steele def. Noah Gugnon KO (punches) 1 3:54
Catchweight (120.5 lb) Iasmin Lucindo def. Nicolle Caliari Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00