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Just days after UFC Edmonton, where Canada's own Mike Malott knocked out Joaquin Buckley with a knee in highlight reel fashion, a former welterweight champion has offered to fight the rising star.

Featherweight Aaron Pico was supposed to be fighting Arnold Allen this Saturday at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, but the MMA Gods weren't having it.

With a 3-2 record under the UFC banner, flyweight Lone'er Kavanagh has had a rather interesting start to his career in the promotion. Find Dojos

Losene Keita was not expected to be part of Saturday's UFC 333 card in Abu Dhabi, yet he will be, taking on Aaron Pico after Arnold Allen dropped out of the fight.

Kicking off Saturday's UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, Iasmine Lucindo faced Nicolle Caliari in what would have been a women's strawweight showdown.

Originally booked for a date with a top ten ranked featherweight in Arnold Allen, Aaron Pico instead threw down with Losene Keita at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.

A pair of Russian juggernauts faced off on the UFC 333 main card on Saturday, as ex-Bellator champ Alexander Volkov took on countryman Rizvan Kuniev.

After rumors of Islam Makhachev defending his welterweight title against Carlos Prates (24-7) at UFC 336 in Toronto on January 30, 2027 swirled, the promotion is instead featuring an interim title at the event. And Prates will indeed be involved, though he'll be taking on Michael Morales (19-0).

Alexander Volkanovski, Petr Yan, Merab Dvalishvili, and Lone'er Kavanagh made up four of the six fighters in the top three fights at Saturday's UFC 333, and they're taking home all the bonus money.

The departure of Farid Basharat from the UFC has turned into a weeks-long saga that appears to have finally come to an end.