How to Watch UFC 333 in Australia

UFC 333 is a massive one for Australian fight fans. Alexander Volkanovski puts the featherweight title on the line against a challenger who has never lost a professional fight.

Volk defends against undefeated Russian wrestler Movsar Evloev at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday 24 October in the US, which makes it a very early Sunday morning card in Australia.

The main card starts at 5:00am AEDT, and as with every numbered UFC event here, the three segments sit on three different services. That's the bit that trips people up.

For the full card, start times and the latest Volkanovski vs Evloev odds, here's everything you need to know.

UFC 333: The Details

Event: UFC 333: Volkanovski v Evloev

Main event: Alexander Volkanovski (c) v Movsar Evloev, featherweight title

Co-main: Petr Yan (c) v Merab Dvalishvili, bantamweight title

Venue: Etihad Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Date: Saturday 24 October 2026 in the US, Sunday 25 October in Australia

Early prelims: 1:00am AEDT Sunday 25 October

Prelims: 3:00am AEDT

Main card: 5:00am AEDT

How to Watch UFC 333 in Australia

Australia splits a numbered UFC card three ways. Knowing which platform holds which part saves you paying for the wrong one.

UFC 333: Main Card:

(Volkanovski v Evloev, Yan v Dvalishvili and the rest of the top of the bill). Pay-per-view through Main Event, available on Foxtel and Kayo Sports or of course, at your local.

You don't need an ongoing Kayo subscription to order the PPV.

UFC 333: Prelims

Paramount+ and Network 10. They're not part of the PPV, and because they're on Ten, you can watch them free to air.

UFC 333: Early prelims

Paramount+ and UFC Fight Pass.

In the US, the whole card streams on Paramount+ with no pay-per-view, so American guides to watching UFC 333 don't apply here. A Paramount+ subscription in Australia gets you the prelims and early prelims, and nothing from the main card.

UFC 333 Start Times Across Australia

With daylight saving in place in some states but not others, we’ll all be tuning into Volk’s title defence at different times. Rest assured, it’ll be an early start.

·       AEDT (NSW, VIC, ACT, TAS): 5:00am Sunday 25 October

·       AEST (QLD): 4:00am Sunday 25 October

·       ACDT (SA): 4:30am Sunday 25 October

·       ACST (NT): 3:30am Sunday 25 October

·       AWST (WA): 2:00am Sunday 25 October

Prelims start around two hours earlier at 3:00am AEDT, with the early prelims at 1:00am AEDT.

Main event walkouts usually land 90 minutes to two hours into a main card, so Volkanovski and Evloev should be in the Octagon around 6:30am to 7:00am on the east coast.

With two five-round title fights at the top of the card, it could run either side of that. It's an early alarm, but for an historic Volk title defence, we reckon it's worth it.

UFC 333 Fight Card

Main card:

Alexander Volkanovski v Movsar Evloev, featherweight title

Petr Yan v Merab Dvalishvili, bantamweight title

Lone'er Kavanagh v Ramazan Temirov, flyweight

Alexander Volkov v Rizvan Kuniev, heavyweight

Aaron Pico v Losene Keita, featherweight

Prelims:

Azamat Murzakanov v Dominick Reyes, light heavyweight

Nikita Krylov v Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev, light heavyweight

Abus Magomedov v Cam Rowston, middleweight

Grant Dawson v Nurullo Aliev, lightweight

Early prelims:

Colby Thicknesse v Asaf Chopurov, bantamweight

Abubakar Vagaev v Jacob Malkoun, middleweight

Bolaji Oki v Daniel Santos, featherweight

Kody Steele v Noah Gugnon, lightweight

Iasmin Lucindo v Nicolle Caliari, women's strawweight

Three more Australians are on the undercard. Cam Rowston meets Abus Magomedov on the prelims, while Jacob Malkoun and Colby Thicknesse fight on the early prelims.

What's at Stake at UFC 333

Volkanovski is a two-time featherweight champion and Australia's longest-reigning UFC champ. His first reign ran from December 2019 to February 2024.

He won the vacant title back with a unanimous decision over Diego Lopes at UFC 314 in April 2025, then beat Lopes again in front of a sold-out Qudos Bank Arena at UFC 325 in February. That win drew him level with José Aldo on eight featherweight title wins.

Evloev is a different puzzle. He's 20-0 as a pro, 10-0 in the UFC and the No.1-ranked contender at featherweight.

He's beaten Aljamain Sterling, Arnold Allen and Lerone Murphy and he got to Diego Lopes first, back in 2023.

He averages 4.78 takedowns per 15 minutes, and every one of his 10 UFC wins has gone to the judges. Is Movsar actually capable of a finish? Or more pertinently for Aussie fans, can he be finished?

These are the questions that our favourite fighter-chef will be trying to answer.

The co-main is a trilogy. Merab Dvalishvili won the first fight against Petr Yan by unanimous decision in March 2023. Yan won the rematch at UFC 323 in December 2025 to reclaim the bantamweight title, ending Dvalishvili's 14-fight winning streak.

One apiece, and a belt on the line again. You couldn't script it better.

UFC 333 Betting Markets

Beyond the head-to-head on each bout, the markets that draw the most attention on a card like this are the method of victory, round betting and whether the fight goes the distance.

The main event is where that debate sits. All 10 of Evloev's UFC wins have been decisions, and Volkanovski's two fights with Lopes both went the full five rounds.

That's why the distance and decision markets get plenty of traffic for this one, while the method markets ask whether Volkanovski can find the finish nobody has managed against Evloev.

The co-main runs on the same theme, with Yan and Dvalishvili meeting for a third time over five rounds.

Keep an eye on all the latest UFC markets at Sportsbet as Volk puts the belt on the line in Abu Dhabi.

Odds are subject to change.*