Alexander Volkanovski stops Movsar Evloev to set the UFC featherweight title win record, and Petr Yan edges Merab Dvalishvili to win their trilogy 2-1.
Four decisions and a tribute opened UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, setting up title fights between Volkanovski-Evloev and Yan-Dvalishvili.
Three days after vowing to rebuild, welterweight Joaquin Buckley now says he will take one more fight and then retire following his third straight UFC loss.
Two UFC titles are on the line Saturday in Abu Dhabi, as Volkanovski defends against unbeaten Evloev and Yan faces Dvalishvili a third time.
Alex Pereira explains why a fight with Josh Hokit, Ciryl Gane’s next heavyweight title challenger, would have been easier than facing Sergei Pavlovich.
Both title fights made weight Friday at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, while one fighter missed badly by 4.5 pounds and forfeited part of her fight purse.
Grant Dawson faces unbeaten Nurullo Aliev in a lightweight bout at UFC 333 Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Both men say a win puts them in the division’s top 15.
Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against unbeaten Evloev, and Yan meets Dvalishvili for a third time. Full card, US start times and broadcasters.
Two days before UFC 333, Merab Dvalishvili took down a cameraman at open workouts and detailed a brutal final weight cut before facing Petr Yan.
Kody Steele looks to rebound from his UFC debut loss against unbeaten-in-the-promotion Noah Gugnon of France on the early prelims of UFC 333.
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