After UFC 333: Pavlovich vs Pereira at UFC 335, and UFC 334 at Madison Square Garden
What comes next on the UFC calendar once Abu Dhabi's fight night is done.
UFC 333 at Etihad Arena on Saturday 24 October is the next numbered UFC event, and the two after it are already set. UFC 334 goes to Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday 14 November, and UFC 335 is at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday 12 December, Post Wrestling reported.
The biggest booking so far for December is a heavyweight co-main event between Russia's Sergei Pavlovich (21-3) and Alex Pereira (13-4), Cageside Press reported on 3 October. Pavlovich has won three in a row, most recently finishing Tallison Teixeira.
Pereira, 39, is a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion. He won the light heavyweight title, defended it three times, lost it to Magomed Ankalaev and won it back, before vacating the belt to move up. He lost his heavyweight debut by TKO to Ciryl Gane in June in a fight for the interim title.
The division has changed shape this year. Tom Aspinall, who beat Pavlovich for an interim belt in November 2023, vacated the heavyweight title because of ongoing eye problems, and Gane has since been promoted to undisputed champion, per Cageside Press.
Before any of that, Abu Dhabi has its say. Alexander Volkov, ranked second at heavyweight on UFC.com, meets Rizvan Kuniev on the UFC 333 main card, a result that could shape the next round of heavyweight bookings.
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs EvloevSat 24 Oct · Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi See ticketsSource: Cageside Press, Post Wrestling, UFC.com
