Volkanovski stops Evloev in the second

Alexander Volkanovski stops Movsar Evloev by TKO at 4:54 of the second round. Referee Marc Goddard stopped it. The fight was the main event of UFC 333 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, October 24.

Volkanovski moves to 29-4, and Evloev falls to 20-1. Evloev was the No. 1 featherweight.

Evloev had success in the first round and was level with the champion into the back half of the second. A right hand turned Evloev away, and Volkanovski tracked him, put him on the canvas, and finished with punches to the head from half guard.

Volkanovski beat Diego Lopes by unanimous decision at UFC 325 on February 1, 2026, at 5:00 of the fifth round, and Evloev beat Lerone Murphy by majority decision on March 21, 2026, at 5:00 of the fifth round.

The win moved Volkanovski past Jose Aldo for the most title-fight wins at featherweight, and he made five defenses in the first reign and two in this one, across 12 title fights in a row. Volkanovski is 38, and he landed 56 of 110 significant strikes, while Evloev landed 40 of 65. Volkanovski landed 1 of 2 takedowns, and Evloev landed 3 of 7. Volkanovski controlled for 1:44, and Evloev controlled for 0:50, and Volkanovski earned Performance of the Night.

The rest of the main card

Petr Yan beat Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision, 48-47 on all three cards, at 5:00 of the fifth round, and Yan defended the bantamweight title in their third fight. Yan lost the first two rounds on every card, then took the third, the fourth, and the fifth, while Dvalishvili pressured and hunted takedowns in those first two rounds. The bout earned Fight of the Night. Yan moves to 21-5, and Dvalishvili falls to 21-6.

Lone’er Kavanagh beat Ramazan Temirov by TKO at 4:28 of the first round. An uppercut froze Temirov, and the shots after it finished the fight, and Kavanagh earned Performance of the Night. UFC listed Kavanagh at No. 6 and Temirov at No. 10. Kavanagh beat Brandon Moreno on short notice in February, and he earned Fight of the Night against Brandon Royval in the bout before Temirov.

Alexander Volkov beat Rizvan Kuniev by unanimous decision, 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27, at 5:00 of the third round. It was Volkov’s third win in a row and his 41st as a professional, he spent the last 90 seconds on Kuniev’s back, and the bout fell on his 38th birthday. UFC listed Volkov at No. 2 and Kuniev at No. 7. Volkov is 7-1 in his last eight, and Ciryl Gane beat Volkov by split decision in that run.

Aaron Pico beat Losene Keita by TKO at 1:14 of the first round. A right hand dropped Keita, and Pico finished on the canvas, in Pico’s first finish in the UFC. Pico is 30, and UFC listed him at No. 11.

On the prelims, Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev stopped Nikita Krylov with a knee at 2:38 of the first round.

Start time

Abu Dhabi is four hours ahead of UTC, London is one hour ahead of UTC, and Sydney is on daylight time, eleven hours ahead of UTC.

10:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi:

• Abu Dhabi: 10:00 p.m.
• London: 7:00 p.m.
• Sydney: 5:00 a.m. Sunday

In New York that is 2:00 p.m. Eastern, and in Las Vegas it is 11:00 a.m. Pacific. That clock is the main card, and Paramount+ carried it in the United States.