Main event · Featherweight title · 5 rounds
Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev
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Alexander
Volkanovski
“The Great”
AURecord: 28-4-0
#1
Movsar
Evloev
RURecord: 20-0-0
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UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Main card: Etihad Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
MX 12:00 PM · CO/EC/PE 01:00 PM · AR 03:00 PM · US ET 02:00 PM · ES 08:00 PM · Venue 10:00 PM
Co-main event · Bantamweight title · 5 rounds
Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
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Petr
Yan
“No Mercy”
RURecord: 20-5-0
#1
Merab
Dvalishvili
“The Machine”
GERecord: 21-5-0
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Photos: Volkanovski: NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Evloev: Press Service of the Head and Government of the Republic of Ingushetia, CC BY 4.0 · Yan: kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 · Dvalishvili: Margo Martin, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Bantamweight · 3 rounds
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Colby
Thicknesse
AURecord: 9-1-0
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Chopurov
RURecord: 11-0-0
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UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Middleweight · 3 rounds
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RURecord: 25-4-0
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AURecord: 10-3-0
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UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Featherweight · 3 rounds
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Bolaji
Oki
BERecord: 10-4-0
Daniel
Santos
BRRecord: 14-3-0
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UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev · Lightweight · 3 rounds
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Kody
Steele
USRecord: 8-1-0
Noah
Gugnon
FRRecord: 10-2-0
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