ESPN staff Oct 24, 2026, 06:42 PM ET

Alexander Volkanovski swore before his UFC 333 main event against Movsar Evloev that he still had championship skill at 38 years old, and he backed it up, taking Evloev out of the fight in fewer than two rounds . In his second featherweight reign, Volkanovski has taken on all challengers and passed every test. If he wants to continue the trend, he might have to look up at the 155-pound division -- the one place where he has struggled in his UFC career.

Down at men's bantamweight, the top two fighters settled their rivalry at UFC 333 ... or did they? Petr Yan kept the title with a hard-fought, five-round victory over Merab Dvalishvili that was exciting from bell to bell. The win gave Yan the 2-1 edge in the trilogy , and that likely will be the end of the story.…