🚨 UFC 333 IS OFFICIAL, AND THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE BEST CARDS OF THE YEAR! 🔥 Two title fights, a stacked lineup, and some of the biggest names in MMA ready to put on a show tomorrow! Alexander Volkanovski looks to build on his legendary legacy, while undefeated Movsar Evloev is chasing his first UFC title. @Kalshi has Volkanovski vs. Evloev split right down the middle at 50/50! Meanwhile, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili are set for a legendary THIRD chapter of their rivalry, with the bantamweight title on the line!
UFC 333 is set to go ahead with two championship bouts, headlined by Alexander Volkanovski against Movsar Evloev at featherweight and a third meeting between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title. The card takes place tomorrow, with a prediction market reportedly pricing Volkanovski vs. Evloev at an even 50/50.
Evloev enters the featherweight fight undefeated at 20-0 and is ranked number one in the division. The 32-year-old Russian, who trains at American Top Team, is chasing his first UFC title. He is coming off a majority decision win over Lerone Murphy on March 21, a five-round fight. His numbers are built on grappling: 4.78 takedowns per 15 minutes, alongside 3.91 significant strikes landed per minute at 47 percent accuracy.
Yan, 33, holds the bantamweight belt at 20-5. He won the title in the second fight with Dvalishvili at UFC 323 on December 6, 2025, taking a unanimous decision over five rounds. The Russian lands 5.12 significant strikes per minute at 54 percent accuracy, the best accuracy of the fighters involved here, and has won each of his three most recent recorded fights by decision.
Dvalishvili, 35, is 21-5, ranked number one at 135 pounds and number two on the pound-for-pound list. The Georgian from the Serra-Longo Fight Team averages 6.4 takedowns per 15 minutes, the highest rate on the card. Before the Yan rematch he had defended the belt against Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320 and finished Sean O'Malley by submission at UFC 316.
Why it matters
- The rivalry is level at one win apiece. Dvalishvili took a unanimous decision in March 2023, and Yan answered with the same result in December 2025, both over five rounds.
- Yan is a different kind of fighter from most of Dvalishvili's recent opponents. He lands about 0.8 more significant strikes per minute than Dvalishvili's 4.33, while Dvalishvili takes the fight to the mat at roughly four times Yan's rate of 1.58 takedowns per 15 minutes.
- At featherweight, Evloev's perfect record meets the sport's most established name in the division, a matchup that has reportedly drawn an even split from bettors.
Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev
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Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan
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