What’s Next: UFC 333 Losers

Bryson Hester evaluates potential future matchups for the defeated main-card fighters following UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi. After featherweight Movsar Evloev suffered his first career loss via second-round TKO to Alexander Volkanovski, Hester argues Evloev should face Jean Silva. In the co-main event, Petr Yan defeated Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision, with the writer proposing either Mario Bautista or Payton Talbott as logical next tests for the former bantamweight champion.

For the remaining main-card losers, Hester suggests that flyweight Ramazan Temirov face the loser of the upcoming Asu Almabayev versus Kyoji Horiguchi matchup following his knockout loss to Lone'er Kavanagh. Heavyweight Rizvan Kuniev is pitched against Waldo Cortes-Acosta or Mario Pinto after dropping a decision to Alexander Volkov, while Losene Keita is recommended to fight Doo-Ho Choi following a 74-second knockout loss to Aaron Pico.