UFC 333 start time: Where to watch, live stream Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev and full fight card

UFC 333 presents two of the year's most compelling title fights: a first-time clash between Alexander Volkanovski and Movsar Evloev, and the last stop in Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili's trilogy. Their stories unravel in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Volkanovski is savoring the closing chapters of his legendary career. Already a two-time featherweight champion, arguably the greatest his division has seen, he builds on that legacy with every successful title defense. However, Volkanovski's status as an all-time great is assured, and he's prepared to hang it up if things go disastrously. He doesn't expect that to happen this weekend. Volkanovski has all the respect in the world for Evloev, but believes the title challenger is at a stark stylistic disadvantage.

Evloev has waited patiently for this opportunity, arguably too patiently. He's been considered the rightful top contender for years, but his soft-spoken nature and grappling-heavy style have slowed his ascent. He was as patient with the delays as he is confident that Volkanovski is underestimating him.

It seemed like a foregone conclusion that Dvalishvili would beat Yan for a second time last December. Dvalishvili had already been anointed as the best bantamweight ever by the wider MMA community. Defeating Yan to achieve a record-setting fourth title defense in one year was supposed to be his crowning achievement. Yan had other plans, defying oddsmakers and closing the longest gap between two undisputed UFC title reigns from any male fighter in history. Now, the defending champion is ready to break "The Machine" again and conclude their trilogy.

Every fight on the main card has meaningful implications for the UFC rankings. If Alexander Volkov wants the UFC heavyweight title shot he petitioned UFC President and CEO Dana White for, he'll need to make a statement against Rizvan Kuniev. That's especially true with Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit and Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alex Pereira coming up at UFC 334 and UFC 335, respectively.

Lone'er Kavanagh and Ramazan Temirov could be major flyweight players, but only one promising fighter will take a step forward in their division on Saturday. Lastly, Aaron Pico is running short on time to prove he's everything analysts predicted he'd be when he debuted in MMA in 2017. Nearly a decade later, after several ups and downs, Pico is a ranked bantamweight looking to fend off Losene Keita. It's now or never for Pico to make good on lofty expectations.

The action goes down from the venue in Abu Dhabi with early prelims at 10 a.m. ET, prelims at 12 p.m., and the main card kicking off at 2 p.m. As with every UFC event, the fights will be available for every subscriber on Paramount+.

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