{"id":39958,"date":"2026-08-17T06:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-333-Islam-Makhachevs-next-title-defense-odds-revealed-202393"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:39:10","slug":"ufc-333-islam-makhachevs-next-title-defense-odds-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-333-islam-makhachevs-next-title-defense-odds-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 333, Islam Makhachev\u2019s next title defense odds revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The early betting lines are in for the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s next trip to Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

The promotion announced
\nUFC 333<\/a>‘s lineup during the UFC
\n330<\/a> broadcast, with Alexander
\nVolkanovski<\/a> set to defend his featherweight championship
\nagainst Movsar
\nEvloev<\/a>. In the co-headliner, Petr Yan<\/a> will
\nrun it back with Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> in a trilogy bout for the bantamweight
\nchampionship.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, with Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> retaining his welterweight title at UFC 330, odds for
\nhis next bout have also dropped.<\/p>\n

Both defending champions at UFC 333 open as betting favorites;
\nIslam Makhachev favored against top welterweights<\/h2>\n

UFC 333 is set for Oct. 24 in Abu Dhabi and BetOnline Sports<\/a> has released odds for both
\ntitle fights on the card. Volkanovski, the reigning 145-pound
\nchamp, opened as a slight favorite at -130 against the unbeaten
\nEvloev (+110). Meanwhile, Yan is a larger favorite at -170 against Dvalishvili
\n(+150) for their third meeting. Their two bouts so far have been
\nstark contrasts from one another, with Dvalishvili thoroughly
\noutwrestling Yan in their first meeting and the latter putting on a
\nmasterclass in their rematch to win the title.<\/p>\n

Makhachev defended his welterweight title at UFC 330, earning a
\nhard-fought decision win over Ian Garry<\/a>.
\nThe Dagestani is now targeting Carlos
\nPrates<\/a> for his next title defense and opened as a -250 favorite
\nagainst the Brazilian (+210).<\/p>\n

However, undefeated 170-pounder Michael
\nMorales<\/a>, who was the backup for Makhachev vs. Garry, is also in
\nthe running. The welterweight champion opened as a -210 favorite
\nagainst Morales (+180).<\/p>\n

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TWO TITLE FIGHTS IN ABU DHABI \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n

The Featherweight and Flyweight titles will be on the line on
\nOctober 24!<\/p>\n[ #UFC333<\/a>
\n| LIVE on @paramountplus<\/a>
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\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nAugust 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The early betting lines are in for the Ultimate Fighting Championship\u2019s next trip to Abu Dhabi. The promotion announced UFC 333‘s lineup during the UFC 330 broadcast, with Alexander Volkanovski set to defend his featherweight championship against Movsar Evloev. In the co-headliner, Petr Yan will run it back with Merab Dvalishvili in a trilogy bout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}