UFC 333 takes place on Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, headlined by two championship bouts on a nine-fight card.
In the main event, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski defends his title against Movsar Evloev. In the co-main event, bantamweight champion Petr Yan makes the first defence of his belt against Merab Dvalishvili, who has long been considered one of the division's toughest contenders.
The rest of the main card features a flyweight bout between Lone'er Kavanagh and Ramazan Temirov, a heavyweight clash between Alexander Volkov and Rizvan Kuniev, and a featherweight matchup pitting Aaron Pico against Losene Keita.
The event continues Abu Dhabi's run as one of the UFC's regular international stops, with the emirate having hosted several major cards in recent years at Etihad Arena, a venue that has become a fixture on the promotion's calendar for big events in the Gulf.
Fans in the region see the card as a rare chance to watch two title fights on the same night, something analysts note has happened only a handful of times in UFC history. Both champions enter as favourites on paper, but each challenger carries a résumé built on relentless pressure and durability, setting up what fight pundits expect to be two closely contested title fights rather than routine defences.