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- Lone'er Kavanagh stops Ramazan Temirov in the first round at UFC 333The English flyweight moved to 11-2 and handed Temirov the first defeat of his UFC career.
- Alexander Volkov asks Dana White what he needs to do for a title shot after UFC 333 winThe heavyweight beat Rizvan Kuniev on a unanimous decision in Abu Dhabi for his third win in a row, with Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit fighting in November.
- Alexander Volkov beats Rizvan Kuniev on a unanimous decision at UFC 333 in Abu DhabiTwo judges scored the heavyweight bout 30-27 for Volkov and the third had it 29-28, a win for the UFC's No. 2 heavyweight over the No. 7.
- Aaron Pico stops Losene Keita in 74 seconds and calls for Lerone Murphy rematch at UFC 333Pico moved to 15-5 with his second straight UFC win. Keita had come in as the replacement for the injured Arnold Allen.
- Underdog Dominick Reyes stops Azamat Murzakanov with a first-round head kick at UFC 333Reyes improved to 17-5 with the light heavyweight win, while Murzakanov fell to 16-2 after back-to-back defeats.
- Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev stops Nikita Krylov in the first round to stay unbeaten at UFC 333The 25-year-old moved to 11-0 with the light heavyweight win, while 34-year-old Krylov fell to 31-13.
- Abus Magomedov chokes Cam Rowston unconscious with a first-round guillotine at UFC 333The German middleweight needed 1:44 in Abu Dhabi and ended Rowston's seven-fight winning streak.
- Colby Thicknesse upsets unbeaten Asaf Chopurov on a split decision at UFC 333Two judges scored the bantamweight bout 29-28 for the Australian, while the third had it 29-28 for Chopurov, who suffered the first defeat of his career.
- Kody Steele drops and stops Noah Gugnon in the first round at UFC 333The American moved to 9-1 with the win in the second fight of the night, while France's Gugnon fell to 10-3.
- Iasmin Lucindo beats bloodied Nicolle Caliari on unanimous decision in UFC 333 openerLucindo landed a spinning back fist at the end of round one, and the cut over Caliari's right eye was checked by the doctor before round two.
- Khabib Nurmagomedov tells Movsar Evloev to 'only go forward' before UFC 333 title fightThe unbeaten Evloev challenges Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in tonight's UFC 333 main event in Abu Dhabi.
- Alexander Volkov questions what Ciryl Gane's UFC heavyweight belt means before Hokit defenceThe No. 2 heavyweight, who fights Rizvan Kuniev at UFC 333 tonight, says title shots now go to fighters for being famous.
- Adlan Umarov signs with ONE Championship carrying unbeaten 4-0 recordThe 23-year-old Kazakh featherweight has finished all four of his professional opponents, the last three by rear-naked choke.
- Arman Tsarukyan names Georges St-Pierre as a big name he would like to wrestle in RAFThe new RAF middleweight crossover champion says he wants to collect the best fighters after beating Dillon Danis at RAF 14.
- RAF targets Armenia event in early 2027 with Arman Tsarukyan helping close the dealThe plan came up at the RAF 14 post-event press conference, after Tsarukyan beat Dillon Danis to win the title.
- Arman Tsarukyan steps on Dillon Danis after RAF 14 win before the pair shake handsTsarukyan won RAF's inaugural crossover middleweight championship by technical fall, a day after their press conference ended in a brawl.
- Arman Tsarukyan beats Dillon Danis by 10-0 tech fall to win RAF middleweight crossover titleThe 10-0 shutout came a day after Tsarukyan swung at Danis as the RAF 14 press conference ended in a brawl.
- Khamzat Chimaev beats Robbie Lawler by tech fall in the first period at RAF 14The former UFC middleweight champion now faces Colby Covington for the RAF crossover title in Abu Dhabi in three weeks.
- Mikey Caliendo beats Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs 7-5 at RAF 14Burroughs, 38, had not given up a single point in his first two RAF matches.
- Michael Larrimore and Ace Samples share five knockdowns in one round at BKFC ClearwaterLarrimore was dropped himself before putting Samples down twice more for a first-round TKO win in his hometown.
- Kevin Vallejos wants Volkanovski to beat Evloev so he can 'take the title away' from himThe featherweight, who faces Aljamain Sterling in the UFC Qatar co-main event on 21 November, told MMA Fighting he wants to be the man who dethrones Volkanovski.
- Rizvan Kuniev surprises Alexander Volkov with a birthday cake before their UFC 333 fightThe icing on the octagon-shaped cake read "Happy Birthday" and "New Record 40-12", and Volkov covered his face then laughed.
- Alexander Volkanovski defends featherweight title against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili settle their trilogy with the UFC bantamweight title at stake in the co-main event in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
- Lone’er Kavanagh takes Brandon Royval loss lessons into UFC 333 boutKavanagh meets hard-hitting flyweight Ramazan Temirov in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Temirov is 3-0 in the UFC and holds a win over Charles Johnson, who beat Kavanagh in 2025.
- Max Holloway picks Alexander Volkanovski to beat Movsar Evloev on a decision at UFC 333Holloway, who lost to Volkanovski three times, says people sleep on him and that the talk about Evloev's wrestling forgets Volkanovski's first fight with Islam Makhachev.
- Dana White on Alexander Volkanovski vs Justin Gaethje: 'It's hard to say no to a guy like that'Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, and White said he had no idea when a Gaethje fight could happen.
- Islam Makhachev vs Carlos Prates no longer the target for UFC 336 main event in TorontoAriel Helwani says the 30 January date no longer works for the welterweight champion, and the UFC is now looking at other options for the card.
- Volkanovski vs Evloev and Petr Yan vs Merab: final faceoffs before UFC 333Petr Yan also came face to face with Merab Dvalishvili at Friday's ceremonial weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi, the last step before their bantamweight trilogy bout in Saturday's co-main event.
- Joshua Van says Sean Strickland is 'in a bad spot' in his UFC pay row with Dana WhiteThe flyweight champion says Strickland should have taken his complaint to White in private, and says he is happy with his own UFC pay.
- Ray Longo fears Merab Dvalishvili's unfixed broken nose could bleed against Petr Yan at UFC 333Dvalishvili broke his nose in two places in a training accident and chose not to have surgery before Saturday's bantamweight title trilogy in Abu Dhabi.
