This is the UFC 333 live blog for Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev, the featherweight championship main event Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Volkanovski (27-4) reclaimed the featherweight title after it was vacated by Ilia Topuria in 2025. The belt was put up for grabs at UFC 314, where Volkanovski won a hard-fought decision over Diego Lopes, and then went on to defeat Lopes in another title fight when they rematched at UFC 325. Widely hailed as one of the greatest fighters of all time, Volkanovski can add to his unassailable legacy if he can hand Evloev his first loss.<\/p>\n
10-0 in the UFC, 20-0 as a pro, Evloev has done everything he can in the cage to earn his championship opportunity. Evloev has yet to find a finish inside the octagon, but there\u2019s no questioning his success as he has beaten top contenders Lerone Murphy, Aljamain Sterling, Arnold Allen, and Lopes to assure himself his spot at the front of the line. Can Evloev make it 21-0 when it matters most?<\/p>\n
Check out the UFC 333 live blog for Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev below.<\/p>\n
This card has been great so far with wild finishes and an electric five-round battle between Yan and Dvalishvili for the bantamweight gold. Featherweight great Volkanovski now has the mission to stop an unbeaten challenger in Evloev in the main event. Will he?<\/p>\n
They touch gloves, and the UFC featherweight title is on the line. They trade punches on the feet and Volkanovski forces Evloev to walk backwards for a brief moment. Body kick for Evloev, and they both miss a punch. \u201cMovsar\u201d chants in Abu Dhabi! Leg kick for Volkanovski, but he misses a right hand. Volkanovski with a good jab, and he Evloev has him on the ground! Volkanovski quickly gets back up, though. Volkanovski with a jab. Volkanovski pressures the challenger against the fence, and Evloev gets him down only for a brief moment again. Evloev lands a great left hand as they separate from another grappling exchange. Evloev with a couple of knees to the body in the clinch, and a head kick in the center of the octagon. Volkanovski fires back with a right hand that barely lands.<\/p>\n
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Evloev.<\/p>\n
Evloev connects with a good right hand to start things going in ground two. Evloev ducks under to dodge punches and go for a takedown, but Volkanovski has success defending it. Evloev drags the champion to the ground but Volkanovski rolls and is on top position now. Evloev gives up the back to open space to get back up, and they\u2019re trading punches wildly. Volkanovski clips Evloev with a right, and he loses balance. Volkanovski with a left hand to the head to again clip Evloev. Volkanovski connects a right hand and Evloev is in trouble! Evloev is bleeding, and a left to the chin drops him! Volkanovski has top position on the ground and is all over him! Volkanovski\u2019s ground and pound is too much for Evloev!!!! WOW! AND STILL!!!!!!<\/p>\n
Official result: Alexander Volkanovski def. Movsar Evloev via second-round TKO (4:54)<\/p>\n
Volkanovski gives Evloev props in his post-fight interview and says it feels good to get a finish after a few decisions.<\/p>\n
Evloev calls Volkanovski \u201cgood wine,\u201d saying he\u2019s \u201colder, stronger, better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Question now: is Volkanovski the featherweight G.O.A.T.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the UFC 333 live blog for Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev, the featherweight championship main event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-940107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}