Alexander Volkanovski and Petr Yan both won championship bouts at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 24, 2026.
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UFC 333, held in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, produced a pair of title fight results that kept the belts with the champions in both bouts.
In the main event, Alexander Volkanovski defeated featherweight title challenger Movsar Evloev by second-round TKO, turning back a bid for the championship. Volkanovski entered the fight with a 29-4 MMA record and a 16-3 UFC record, while Evloev was listed at 20-1 MMA and 10-1 UFC.
The second championship fight saw Petr Yan retain bantamweight gold in an anticipated trilogy against Merab Dvalishvili. Yan won by unanimous decision in the pairing, with both fighters listed at 21-5 MMA and 13-4 UFC for Yan, and 21-4 MMA and 14-4 UFC for Dvalishvili.
Both championship fights were tied to multiple historical and statistical notes for the winners and their opponents. Volkanovski’s nine UFC featherweight title wins are described as the most in divisional history, and the bout snapped Evloev’s 20-fight winning streak for the first loss of his career. In the co-main event, Yan’s win marked his first UFC title defense in two reigns as champion, and the outcome extended his bantamweight success in terms of UFC decision victories and divisional strike totals provided in the post-event facts.
Beyond the main card championship bouts, the post-event stats reported the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totalled $314,500. Volkanovski, Yan, Dvalishvili and Lone’er Kavanagh earned $100,000 UFC 333 fight-night bonuses, and five fighters received $25,000 finish bonuses.
The UFC 333 card included at least one debuting fighter, with the report noting debuting fighters went 0-1 overall. The event did not have an announced attendance or live gate figure in the provided post-event facts.
Betting information in the post-event summary listed betting favourites at 10-2 on the card, with two fights closing with even odds. It also stated betting favourites have been 22-11 in UFC headliners this year, and that Volkanovski vs. Evloev was the fourth 2026 main event to close with even odds.
The total fight time for the 14-bout card was 2:21:32, according to the post-event figures provided.
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