Tim Edwards Sat, October 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM UTC · 6 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live THIS MORNING (Sat., Oct. 24, 2026) with UFC 333 , taking place inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, streaming exclusively live on Paramount+ . The main event is Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev for UFC's Featherweight title. The co-main is Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili 3 for UFC's Bantamweight crown.
UFC 333 is a banger card with two extremely high level title fights for our main and co-main events. The main event sees Alexander Volkanovski perhaps taking on his toughest test to date, in the undefeated Movsar Evloev . Evloev is peaking right now and might be the best pure wrestler Volkanovski has ever fought. You can't count Volkanovski out of anything, though. The Australian has shown that his fight IQ and elite well-rounded skillset can beat anyone (who isn't named Islam Makhachev).
The co-main is a rubber match between Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili and an immediate rematch of what went down back in Dec. 2026, when Yan fought a perfect fight and spoiled Dvalishvili's attempt to make history with four title defenses in a calendar year. Dvalishvili had the first laugh, against Yan, when he beat him in 2023. Will he also have the last laugh or will Yan prove his perfect fight is the norm and not a fluke?
Rounding out the main card is Lone'er Kavanagh vs. Ramazan Temirov , Alexander Volkov vs. Rizvan Kuniev and Aaron Pico vs. Losene Keita .
The late "Prelims" are headlined by Dominick Reyes vs. Azamat Murzakanov . There's also Nikita Krylov vs. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev , Abus Magomedov vs. Cam Rowston and Grant Dawson vs. Nurullo Aliev .
The early "Prelims", which start at 10 a.m. ET , include Colby Thicknesse vs. Asaf Chopurov , Jacob Malkoun vs. Abubakar Vagaev , Daniel Santos vs. Bolaji Oki , Noah Gugnon vs. Kody Steele and Iasmin Lucindo vs. Nicolle Caliari .
It's standard operating procedure tonight. Here's when the various portions of the latest numbered event goes live:
UFC 333 's Early "Prelims" will begin at 10 a.m. ET .
UFC 333 's Late "Prelims" are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. ET .
UFC 333 's PLE main card goes live at 2 p.m. ET .
All of UFC 333 airs on Paramount+ , which you can stream here .
The live blog will get underway at 10 a.m. ET, just before the first fight. Come in and chat with your fellow Maniacs in the comments.
145 lbs.: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev
125 lbs.: Lone'er Kavanagh vs. Ramazan Temirov
265 lbs.: Alexander Volkov vs. Rizvan Kuniev
205 lbs.: Dominick Reyes vs. Azamat Murzakanov
205 lbs.: Nikita Krylov vs. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
135 lbs.: Colby Thickness def. Asaf Chopurov by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
185 lbs.: Abubakar Vagaev def. Jacob Malkoun by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
145 lbs.: Daniel Santos def. Bolaji Oki by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28,29-28)
155 lbs.: Kody Steele def. Noah Gugnon by KO (punches), round 1 (3:54) – HIGHLIGHTS
115 lbs.: Iasmin Lucindo def. Nicolle Caliari by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Colby Thicknesse vs. Asaf Chopurov: Chopurov fought with a lot of swagger and did great with his phonebooth fighting in the first. But he slowed down as he continued walking into Thicknesse's elbows and clinch work. Chopurov tired down the stretch, but still managed to get a few takedowns. I scored it for Chopurov, but was happy to see the judges go the other way.
Official decision: Colby Thickness def. Asaf Chopurov by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Abubakar Vagaev vs. Jacob Malkoun: Malkoun worked his jab in the first round and had Vagaev totally baffled. He seemed to injure his shoulder at the end of that round, though. That shoulder slowed down Malkoun's striking game and left him open for more of Vagaev's power shots. Vagaev mixed takedonws in after that and used that to eke out a razor thin decision. The fact it iwas close tells you how well Malkoun did, to stay aggressive despite being so compromised.
Official decision: Abubakar Vagaev def. Jacob Malkoun by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bolaji Oki vs. Daniel Santos : That was a great fight. Both men really put their all into this one. Santos was a little more technical in both the striking and grappling department. But Oki was able to weather his offense well and hurt him in response. The result could have gone either way. I had Santos winning the first two rounds, but Oki could have been given either of the last two rounds.
Official decision: Daniel Santos def. Bolaji Oki by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28,29-28)
Kody Steele vs. Noah Gugnon: Gugnon looked good early, rocking Steele with his striking. Steele was able to land a few nice shots of his own, though. Steele then tried to go to his grappling and got a takedown, but Gugnon stood right back up. That led to some heavy exchanges in the middle of the cage. The pair came together and Gugnon went down after getting caught on the ear (I thought there might have been a clash of heads in there, too).
Official decision: Kody Steele def. Noah Gugnon by KO (punches), round 1 (3:54)
Iasmin Lucindo vs. Nicolle Caliari: Lucindo cut Caliari early with a left hook and then made it much worse with a spinning elbow. Caliari tried to grapple, but Lucindo was too big and strong for her. Lucindo did her best to make the cut even worse, but the doctors let Caliari keep going. Caliari was bothered by that good, though, and no answers for Lucindo after that.
Official decision: Iasmin Lucindo def. Nicolle Caliari by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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