Abu Dhabi gets the big numbered show this weekend. UFC 333 is booked for Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, and the night is built around two belts rather than one. Alexander Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against Movsar Evloev. One fight earlier, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili meet again for the bantamweight championship.
This Shozy Live guide is the practical version of the card: who is actually booked, when the Octagon opens in your time zone, and which broadcast is the legal one. Bout orders still move during fight week. If a name comes off, the listing on UFC.com is the one that counts.
UFC 333 live, in one look
- Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
- Arena: Etihad Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
- Main event: Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev, featherweight title
- Co-main event: Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili, bantamweight title
- Main card: 2:00 p.m. ET, which is 10:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi
- United States broadcast: Paramount+
The fight that closes the show
Volkanovski is putting the featherweight belt on the line for the second time in 2026. He took the title back in 2025, then beat Diego Lopes in Sydney earlier this year. Evloev is the awkward job. He is 20-0 as a professional, he is unbeaten across ten UFC appearances, and he rarely looks hurried while he is winning.
The styles do not line up in a neat way. Volkanovski tends to take a little from every phase, then take more of it once the championship rounds arrive. Evloev’s recent fights have opened on the feet and finished with a pile of takedowns. If he gets the Australian down early and stays heavy, the scorecards get away quickly. If Volkanovski keeps the fight at range for twenty-five minutes, the experience gap is the whole story.
A Volkanovski win would be another defense on a record that is already the measuring stick at 145 pounds. An Evloev win would be the first loss anyone has handed him, and it would come with the belt.
Yan and Dvalishvili, one fight earlier
The co-main is not there to warm the crowd up. Petr Yan holds the bantamweight title. Merab Dvalishvili is the former champion and the top contender, and the two of them already know each other’s habits better than most judges do. Etihad Arena’s own event note treats this as the close of their trilogy. Read it first as a title fight: five rounds, the belt in the cage, and very little mystery about who is going to hunt the wrestling.
The rest of the main card
Three other bouts are booked on the main card, which starts at 2:00 p.m. ET.
- Lone’er Kavanagh vs Ramazan Temirov
- Alexander Volkov vs Rizvan Kuniev
- Aaron Pico vs Losene Keita
Volkov is the name a casual fan will spot without looking it up. A heavyweight fight parked in the middle of a card like this is usually the one that ends before the commentators finish the tale of the tape, though Kuniev did not land this slot by accident. Pico against Keita is the prospect fight. Kavanagh against Temirov is the bout a lot of people will skim past on Friday and then argue about on Sunday if it turns into a scramble.
Prelims, from the first walkout
ESPN’s fight center splits the undercard into two windows, both on Paramount+ in the United States: early prelims at 10:00 a.m. ET and prelims at 12:00 p.m. ET. In Abu Dhabi that is 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
The undercard, as the UFC had it heading into fight week:
- Azamat Murzakanov vs Dominick Reyes
- Nikita Krylov vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
- Abus Magomedov vs Cam Rowston
- Grant Dawson vs Nurullo Aliev
- Colby Thicknesse vs Asaf Chopurov
- Abubakar Vagaev vs Jacob Malkoun
- Bolaji Oki vs Daniel Santos
- Kody Steele vs Noah Gugnon
- Iasmin Lucindo vs Nicolle Caliari
Reyes against Murzakanov is the prelim most light heavyweight fans will actually set an alarm for. Dawson is the other familiar name lower down. The length of the list is the point of a Gulf numbered show: a lot of fighters trying to leave with a ranking argument, not just a clip.
Start times if you are not in the building
All of these are for Saturday, October 24. The main-card clock is the one the UFC posted for the Volkanovski fight.
| Window | Abu Dhabi | US Eastern | United Kingdom | Pakistan | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early prelims | 6:00 p.m. | 10:00 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. |
| Prelims | 8:00 p.m. | 12:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. |
| Main card | 10:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 7:00 p.m. | 11:00 p.m. | 11:30 p.m. |
The UK is still on British Summer Time that Saturday. The clocks go back the following night. Pakistan is five hours ahead of UTC, India five and a half. Early prelims sometimes wait on the building, so give the first bout ten or fifteen minutes of slack if you are trying to catch Murzakanov and Reyes from the opening bell.
Where to watch the live broadcast
In the United States, UFC 333 is on Paramount+. That window covers the early prelims, the prelims, and the main card. The UFC’s own preview for this show names the same outlet. The main card sits at 2:00 p.m. ET, rather than the usual prime-time slot, because the arena is in the Gulf and not in Las Vegas.
Outside the United States the rights holder changes by country. The reliable check is the event page on UFC.com, which shows the local broadcast once you are in that country. A ticket at Etihad Arena is the other official option if you are already in Abu Dhabi. Shozy Live is not carrying a stream of the fights. This page is the card, the clock, and the route to the real broadcast.
What is worth staying up for
If you only have the main card, start it at Pico vs Keita instead of skipping straight to the belts. The two championship bouts are the reason the show was built, and they are the last two of the night, so the wait is real. Evloev has not been finished in the UFC and has not lost. Volkanovski has been in more big rooms than almost anyone still active at featherweight. That is the match. Yan and Dvalishvili can still take the headline if their fight looks like the earlier ones.
Look at the UFC listing again on Saturday morning. A late injury changes a card like this more often than people expect. A scratched prelim does not move the title fights off the 2:00 p.m. ET main card unless the promotion says it does.
Common questions
What time is the UFC 333 main card? 2:00 p.m. US Eastern on Saturday, October 24, 2026. That is 10:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi, 7:00 p.m. in the UK, 11:00 p.m. in Pakistan, and 11:30 p.m. in India.
Who is in the main event? Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski against unbeaten contender Movsar Evloev.
Is there a second title fight? Yes. Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili meet for the bantamweight title in the co-main event.
Where is UFC 333 being held? Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.