{"id":11250,"date":"2026-10-25T08:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11250"},"modified":"2026-10-25T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:41:51","slug":"ufc-333-volkanovski-knocks-out-evloev-to-retain-featherweight-title-mixed-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11250","title":{"rendered":"UFC 333: Volkanovski knocks out Evloev to retain featherweight title | Mixed Martial Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexander Volkanovski secured a total knockout in the closing seconds of second round at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Australia\u2019s Alexander Volkanovski has retained his featherweight title after making short work of Russia\u2019s Movsar Evloev in the UFC 333 main event in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

Volkanovski secured a technical knockout (TKO) with a right hand, followed by a ground-and-pound move in the closing seconds of the second round of their scheduled five-round fight on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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The official time was 4:54, as the fight was called off with six seconds left to the jubilation of the Etihad Arena crowd in the United Arab Emirates capital.<\/p>\n

It was Evloev\u2019s first professional loss and he remained classy in defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said, Alex is a great champion and it was an honour to share the cage with him,\u201d Evloev said after the loss.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Volkanovski said he wants to keep stacking wins<\/a> for as long as he can.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m choosing to do [fight], I don\u2019t have to. I said if I didn\u2019t take too much damage, we will probably keep going. So maybe we keep going,\u201d Volkanovski said.<\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Petr Yan won his three-fight series against Merab Dvalishvili in a Russia vs Georgia showdown as Yan swept the scorecards 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 with a mix of a gruelling pace, wrestling, dirty boxing and keeping Dvalishvili at distance to defend his UFC bantamweight title.<\/p>\n

Yan beat Dvalishvili last December to regain the title for the second time, having previously won it in July 2020 against Jose Aldo at UFC 251.<\/p>\n

The finishes kept coming, but this time in the flyweight division. England\u2019s Lone\u2019er Kavanagh secured a TKO stoppage against Uzbekistan\u2019s Ramazan Temirov with an uppercut, followed by strikes, at 4:28 of Round 1.<\/p>\n

At heavyweight, Russia\u2019s Alexander Volkov won a unanimous decision over Rizvan Kuniev utilising dominant wrestling and top control to earn his third-straight win. Volkov called for a title shot at Thursday\u2019s presser, which may have stumped UFC CEO Dana White when addressing him.<\/p>\n

Kuniev had his two-fight winning streak snapped.<\/p>\n

Opening the main card, Aaron Pico needed just over a minute to TKO Losene Keita of Guinea in their featherweight fight. Pico has won back-to-back fights, while Keita has split his last four.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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