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Alexander Volkanovski, Petr Yan share electrifying final faceoffs with UFC 333 challengers: ‘I show you who’s best of the best’
Alexander Volkanovski and Petr Yan expect UFC 333 to live up to the hype. The top two fights of Saturday’s event in Abu Dhabi are two of the most anticipated championship fights in recent memory, with featherweight champion Volkanovski taking on the undefeated Movsar Evloev in the main event, and bantamweight champion Petr Yan settling […]
Merab Dvalishvili open to fight Song Yadong at UFC 334 with win at UFC 333
Merab Dvalishvili is once again willing to rush back into the cage… for the right opponent. The former bantamweight champion returns from an uncharacteristic 10-month layoff to face current champion Petr Yan in a trilogy bout that serves as the co-main event of UFC 333 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. In 2026, Dvalishvili attempted to […]
Jon Anik weighs in on if UFC 333 is do-or-die for Movsar Evloev’s championship hopes
Jon Anik has felt Movsar Evloev has deserved a title shot for years, but now that he has it, the undefeated fighter may have to cash in or he may not get another one. Anik calls the action Saturday at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, where Evloev challenges Alexander Volkanovski for featherweight gold in the […]
Morning Report | Joaquin Buckley announces next fight will be retirement fight after speaking with grandmother
Joaquin Buckley is gonna hang up his gloves after one more fight. Last weekend, Buckley suffered his third straight loss in the UFC, getting brutally knocked out by Mike Malott in the main event of UFC Edmonton. Though Buckley handed the loss with grace three consecutive losses leaves him well outside of the welterweight title […]
UFC 333 weigh-in results: Championship bouts set, prelim fighter misses weight by almost 5 pounds
Alexander Volkanovski, Movsar Evloev, Petr Yan, and Merab Dvalishvili are set to shine at UFC 333. All four championship fight competitors successfully made weight for Saturday’s card in Abu Dhabi, with Volkanovski weighing in at 144.5 pounds for his main event featherweight title defense against the undefeated Movsar Evloev (145), and Yan and Dvalishvili both […]
UFC 333 weigh-in video: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
At the UFC 333 weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s UFC fight card step on the scale Friday morning in Abu Dhabi. Watch ceremonial weigh-ins above and highlights of the main and co-main event fighters below. In the main event, Alexander Volkanovski defends his featherweight title against the undefeated Movsar Evloev. Both fighters need to […]
‘We need to do a better job’: Robbie Lawler reacts to Arman Tsarukyan, Dillon Danis press conference brawl
LAS VEGAS—Robbie Lawler had a front row seat to Thursday’s RAF 14 press conference brawl, and if you saw him on video, “Ruthless” remained somewhat stoic throughout. Lawler is set to face Khamzat Chimaev in the co-main event of Friday’s wrestling event at Fontainebleau. Following Lawler and Chimaev’s section of the press conference, Arman Tsarukyan […]
Arman Tsarukyan attacks Dillon Danis igniting near riot at RAF 14 press conference
Arman Tsarukyan was clarly not amused by Dillon Danis’ choice of apparel at the RAF 14 press conference on Thursday. After exchanging plenty of trash talk in a calm manner, Danis stood to show off his t-shirt when asked what he was wearing. Danis, who is never short on controversy, revealed he was wearing a […]
Khamzat Chimaev vows to chase Sean Strickland to any weight class for rematch: ‘This guy is not going to run from me’
Sean Strickland cannot avoid Khamzat Chimaev. In May, Strickland handed Chimaev the first loss of his MMA career, taking a split decision over him at UFC 328 to win the middleweight title. After the loss, Chimaev lobbied for an immediate rematch with Strickland, but in the ensuing months, it became apparent that Nassourdine Imavov would […]
Arman Tsarukyan confirms lightweight title shot is next, told it will be ‘beginning of next year’
Arman Tsarukyan says he’s been assured of a title fight his next time out. Last year, Tsarukyan was supposed to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title at UFC 311, but he was pulled from the event just the day before due to health issues. Since then, Tsarukyan has tried to work his way back […]
Aaron Pico explains why he had no problem facing unranked opponent on crucial UFC 333 card
Aaron Pico wants to become a UFC champion, and though the fastest route to get there is facing higher-ranked opposition to climb into title contention, it’s not the only route. The 30-year-old featherweight was set up for that at UFC 333 when he was matched up with perennial top-10 fighter Arnold Allen, but the fight […]
No Bets Barred | Can Alexander Volkanovski beat Movsar Evloev and Father Time at UFC 333?
UFC 333 is here! On Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UFC 333 goes down featuring a title fight double-header. In the co-main event, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili settle their rivalry with the bantamweight title on the line, and then in the main event, Alexander Volkanovski looks to defy Father Time and turn […]
Petr Yan promises to break Merab Dvalishvili’s nose again at UFC 333: ‘This machine is going to be taken apart’
Petr Yan is confident heading into his trilogy fight with Merab Dvalishvili. On Saturday, Yan and Dvalishvili look to settle their rivalry and answer the question of who truly reigns at bantamweight at 135 pounds in the co-main event of UFC 333. The two first met in 2023, with Dvalishvili dominating Yan over five rounds, […]
Anything but fighting: Grant Dawson still hates Batman’s ‘no kill’ rule
UFC lightweight Grant Dawson joined José Youngs on Anything But Fighting once again to continue his campaign against Batman’s “no killing” rule, express his love for the animated Justice League and Teen Titans show, complain about Superman being a “boy scout,” and more. Dawson (24-3-1) is slated to fight Nurullo Aliev at UFC 333 in […]
Dana White clarifies statement on Farid Basharat situation: ‘I wasn’t pointing him out, specifically’
Dana White clarified his comments about Farid Basharat. Last week, despite a 7-0 record in the promotion and a spot in the UFC bantamweight rankings, Basharat was removed from the UFC roster after his contract was not renewed with the promotion. When asked about the situation a few days later, White alluded to issues with […]
Morning Report: Alexander Volkanovski coach calls him ‘our generation’s version of GSP’
Alexander Volkanovski is unquestionably one of the all-time greats, and his coach thinks he stacks up well against arguably the greatest fighter of all time, Georges St-Pierre. City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman corners Volkanovski this Saturday when he defends his featherweight title against undefeated challenger Movsar Evloev in the UFC 333 main event. This is […]
UFC 333 press conference video
At the UFC 333 press conference, the top four fighters in Saturday’s event will answer questions from the media Thursday morning. In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski faces Movsar Evloev. UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan squares off against Merab Dvalishvili in the co-main event. The UFC 333 press conference is expected to […]
Dillon Danis provides update on Conor McGregor after injury-ending comeback: ‘He was in a dark place’
Conor McGregor’s long awaied comeback was spoiled by a devasting injury just seconds into his fight at UFC 329 but according to one of his closest friends, “The Notorious” is more determined than ever before to return to action. Dillon Danis, who has counted McGregor as a friend and training partner for several years, offered […]
Jon Jones considered Ilia Topuria ‘first threat’ to his ‘GOAT’ status until loss to Justin Gaethje
Jon Jones is widely considered the greatest of all time in MMA, but he viewed former UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria as potentially the best candidate to eventually take that mythical spot from him. Heading into his most recent fight at the UFC White House card, Topuria was already a two-division champion, undefeated and held […]
Farid Basharat disappointed by Dana White’s comments about his UFC exit: ‘It did damage to me’
Farid Basharat wasn’t offered a new contract with the UFC, despite a 7-0 record and a top 10 ranking with the promotion, but Dana White effectively kicking him on the way out the door may have hurt more than anything else. The rising bantamweight contender has long since accepted that the UFC decided not to […]
Alexander Volkanovski: Movsar Evloev has ‘incredible wrestling’ but ‘it’s just not enough for me’
Takedowns have been a crucial part in Movsar Evloev’s success in the UFC, but featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski warns him that those weapons alone won’t be enough to win the title at UFC 333. Volkanovski will hold the record for most title wins in UFC featherweight history if he beats Evloev on Oct. 24 in […]
Floyd Mayweather accuses Conor McGregor of stealing ‘my whole swag,’ leaves door open for rematch
Floyd Mayweather will never forget his crossover boxing match with UFC star Conor McGregor, and he thinks it left a long-lasting impression on McGregor as well. Nine years ago, Mayweather competed in his final professional fight, a massive spectacle that saw him take on McGregor, a two-division UFC champion and the biggest star in the […]
UFC 333 broadcast team: Paul Felder steps in for Joe Rogan for Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Paul Felder heads to the main table for Saturday’s numbered event. Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that Felder, who steps on for Joe Rogan on the international slate, is set to join Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier for UFC 333, which takes place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The main event features Alexander […]
Movsar Evloev invites Arman Tsarukyan to drop down for featherweight fight: ‘It’s my territory’
If Movsar Evloev dethrones Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 333, he has a long list of potential featherweight title challengers ahead of him—and maybe one notable lightweight. Longtime lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan awaits his next assignment, with the hopes that he’ll get his shot at 155-pound champion Justin Gaethje; however, Tsarukyan has also previously teased a […]
Petr Yan says Sean O’Malley rematch possible after UFC 333: ‘We have history’
UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan, who faces Merab Dvalishvili in the co-main event of UFC 333, likes the idea of avenging a loss to Sean O’Malley for his next title defense in 2027. Yan lost a split decision to O’Malley in 2022, almost four years to the date of the Dvalishvili trilogy, and believes “Suga” […]