UFC 333 card, start times and how to watch Volkanovski vs Evloev

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UFC 333 puts 14 fights and two championships on at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, October 24. The featherweight title headlines, the bantamweight title is the co-main, and in both fights the champion faces the No. 1 contender in his division. Because the card runs on Abu Dhabi time, this is an afternoon show in the United States: the main card starts at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Alexander Volkanovski (28-4), the featherweight champion and No. 2 on the men's pound-for-pound list, defends against No. 1 Movsar Evloev (20-0). Volkanovski won the vacant belt back from Diego Lopes at UFC 314 in April 2025, then beat him again at UFC 325 in January, both times by unanimous decision over five rounds. Evloev has never lost as a pro and is 10-0 inside the UFC. His last fight was his first main event, a majority decision over Lerone Murphy in March.

The co-main is the third fight between bantamweight champion Petr Yan (20-5) and No. 1 Merab Dvalishvili (21-5), and the series is tied. Dvalishvili won the first one on the cards in March 2023. Yan took the title from him by unanimous decision at UFC 323 in December, and this is his first defense. Yan sits No. 4 pound-for-pound, Dvalishvili No. 9.

Start times

• Early prelims: 10:00 a.m. ET (6:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi, 3:00 p.m. BST, 1:00 a.m. AEDT Sunday)
• Prelims: 12:00 p.m. ET (8:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi, 5:00 p.m. BST, 3:00 a.m. AEDT Sunday)
• Main card: 2:00 p.m. ET (10:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi, 7:00 p.m. BST, 5:00 a.m. AEDT Sunday)

On the West Coast that puts the main card at 11:00 a.m. PT, and Australian fans get Volkanovski's title defense with their Sunday breakfast.

The full card

Main card (2:00 p.m. ET)

• Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev, featherweight title (five rounds)
• Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili, bantamweight title (five rounds)
• Lone'er Kavanagh vs Ramazan Temirov, flyweight
• Alexander Volkov vs Rizvan Kuniev, heavyweight
• Aaron Pico vs Losene Keita, featherweight

Prelims (12:00 p.m. ET)

• Azamat Murzakanov vs Dominick Reyes, light heavyweight
• Nikita Krylov vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev, light heavyweight
• Abus Magomedov vs Cam Rowston, middleweight
• Grant Dawson vs Nurullo Aliev, lightweight

Early prelims (10:00 a.m. ET)

• Colby Thicknesse vs Asaf Chopurov, bantamweight
• Abubakar Vagaev vs Jacob Malkoun, middleweight
• Bolaji Oki vs Daniel Santos, featherweight
• Kody Steele vs Noah Gugnon, lightweight
• Iasmin Lucindo vs Nicolle Caliari, women's strawweight

One change worth knowing: Arnold Allen is out of his fight with No. 11 featherweight Aaron Pico (14-5), and Losene Keita (17-2) took the spot on October 7. Two early prelims were added a week later, and three more joined them on October 19, so the early prelims now run five fights deep. Below the title fights the rankings run deep: No. 2 heavyweight Alexander Volkov meets No. 7 Rizvan Kuniev, No. 6 flyweight Lone'er Kavanagh meets No. 10 Ramazan Temirov, and No. 7 Azamat Murzakanov faces No. 8 Dominick Reyes at light heavyweight. Evloev is not the only clean record on the card either. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev (10-0) gets No. 15 Nikita Krylov, Nurullo Aliev is 12-0, and Asaf Chopurov is 11-0.

How to watch

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In the United States, UFC 333 streams on Paramount+, which carries numbered events as part of the subscription with no pay-per-view on top. Paramount+ also has the card in Mexico, Brazil and the rest of Latin America. In the host country it is on STARZPLAY, which covers the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and most of the Middle East and North Africa. The pay-per-view markets are where a numbered card costs extra. In the UK and Ireland the prelims are on TNT Sports and the main card goes to TNT Sports Box Office. Canada has the prelims on Sportsnet+ with the main card on pay-per-view, and TVA Sports also carries UFC events. In Australia the main card is pay-per-view on Main Event through Foxtel and Kayo, while the prelims stream on Paramount+ and air free on Network 10. New Zealand has the main card on Sky Sport NZ pay-per-view and the prelims on TVNZ+.

Across Europe it is DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, RMC Sport in France, discovery+ in Italy, HBO Max in Spain and the Netherlands, Polsat Sport Fight in Poland, and Viaplay for the main card in the Nordics. Russia gets the main card free on Match TV, and Setanta Sports has the card in Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and Central Asia. Further east, Japan is on U-NEXT, South Korea on TVING, China on Migu, India on Sony Sports Network and Turkey on S Sport Plus, with SuperSport covering most of sub-Saharan Africa. UFC Fight Pass carries the early prelims and streams the event live wherever no local broadcaster has the rights. Every country is listed in the grid at how to watch UFC 333.

The sportsbook consensus can barely separate the main event: Volkanovski is minus 112 and Evloev minus 110. Yan is the clearer favorite in the trilogy at minus 176, with Dvalishvili at plus 145. Make your picks at the UFC 333 pick'em, and follow live results and scorecards on the event page on fight night.