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UFC · Tuesday, October 20, 2026

UFC adds three bouts to Saturday's Abu Dhabi title card

The File desk · Oct. 20, 2026, 6:44 a.m. ET

Confirmed1 primary sources

Status

Confirmed from the sport desk's read of the UFC event page at 6:05 a.m. ET Tuesday. This publish pass did not re-open that page. No results are in. No odds are printed.
  • Confirmed
    UFC 333 on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi lists 14 bouts. The two title fights are unchanged.
  • Confirmed
    Three bouts were not on the card the desk fetched Monday morning: Oki–Santos, Steele–Gugnon, and Lucindo–Caliari.
UFC 333 on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi now lists 14 bouts. Alexander Volkanovski defends the featherweight title against Movsar Evloev. Petr Yan defends the bantamweight title against Merab Dvalishvili. The main card starts at 2 p.m. ET.1
The three bouts added since Monday morning's check are Bolaji Oki against Daniel Santos at featherweight, Kody Steele against Noah Gugnon at lightweight, and Iasmin Lucindo against Nicolle Caliari at women's strawweight. The title fights are the same ones listed then. Early prelims are at 10 a.m. ET, prelims at noon, and the main card at 2 p.m., on Paramount+.1
UFC calls Losene Keita a short-notice addition against Aaron Pico at featherweight. The company doesn't say whom he replaced. Thisn'te doesn't guess.
Why it matters (Estimate). Readers who plan to watch get the lineup and the start times in one place. Two titles are on a Saturday afternoon broadcast. The card can still change before Saturday.1
The event is Saturday. Nothing on the page is a result. Dana White's Monday post said the card is live Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
How we know

Notes

  1. 1.UFC event page, “UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev,” read by the sport desk at 6:05 a.m. ET on Oct. 20, 2026. https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-333 This publish pass didn't re-open the page. Fourteen bouts. Featherweight title: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev. Bantamweight title: Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili. Added: Bolaji Oki vs. Daniel Santos, Kody Steele vs. Noah Gugnon, Iasmin Lucindo vs. Nicolle Caliari. Early prelims 10:00 a.m. ET, prelims 12:00 p.m., main card 2:00 p.m. Paramount+. Early prelims also on UFC Fight Pass. Dana White, Monday, 12:01 p.m. ET: https://x.com/danawhite/status/2112212427190436237 Losene Keita, short notice, vs. Aaron Pico: https://x.com/ufc/status/2112471970919178350 at 5:12 a.m. ET Tuesday. No odds. No betting-sponsor name. The Oct. 31 card is unchanged on the desk's read and isn't rewritten here.

What is still unknown or disputed

  • UFC hasn't said when the three bouts were added.
  • UFC hasn't said whom Keita replaced.
  • This publish pass didn't re-open the event page. The card is the sport desk's 6:05 a.m. ET read.

Primary sources

Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.

  1. Source 1 · fetch incomplete

    UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev

    UFC · October 20, 2026

    The sport desk's Tuesday morning read lists 14 bouts, with Volkanovski vs. Evloev and Yan vs. Dvalishvili still the title fights.

    https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-333

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