Dana White: UFC 333 Post-Fight Press Conference Dana White’s full UFC 333 post-fight press conference from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. White announced the highest attendance and biggest gate for a UFC event in Abu Dhabi history, called Alexander Volkanovski “an absolute stud” after his finish of previously unbeaten Movsar Evloev, and said Merab Dvalishvili “couldn’t have fought a better fight” in his trilogy loss to Petr Yan. White also explained why Islam Makhachev’s situation led to an interim title fight in Toronto, addressed Shakur Stevenson’s release from Zuffa Boxing, said he and the matchmakers were texting all night about Song Yadong and Sean O’Malley as Yan’s next opponent, and answered questions on Dillon Danis, RAF, Farid Basharat, a UFC event in Russia and his next “unique” event. Timestamps 0:00 Record attendance and gate for UFC Abu Dhabi 0:31 Volkanovski “an absolute stud” after beating Evloev 1:19 Volkanovski up to lightweight? Justin Gaethje 1:42 Yan vs Merab 3: fig