Alexander Volkov stole the show at the UFC 333 press conference on Thursday after an interaction with his boss, Dana White.Volkov faces fellow top-ranked heavyweight Rizvan Kuniev on the main card of UFC 333 this weekend, but wasn’t on stage for the presser as it was limited to the four fighters at the top of the card.Volkov defeated Waldo Cortes Acosta at UFC 328 in May to cement his status as a heavyweight title contenderGettyHowever, the Russian seized his moment when media questions moved to those usually reserved for fans.Volkov, the No. 4-ranked heavyweight, will doubtless feel hard done by that he isn’t fighting champion Ciryl Gane for the title at UFC 334 on November 14, with Tom Aspinall currently out injured.Gane defeated Volkov by split decision in 2024 but several, including White himself, thought the latter was robbed on the judges scorecards.Instead, American Josh Hokit, ranked two places below Volkov, faces Gane in the main event of UFC 334 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.So Volkov wanted answers at Thursday’s press conference and took the opportunity to essentially ask White what he needs to do to get a crack at heavyweight gold.After asking main eventer and fellow ‘Volk’ Alexander Volkanovski for advice on becoming champion, Volkov moved his line of questioning to UFC CEO White.Volkov questions White about UFC title shot“I have a question for Mr Dana — I’m just starting in UFC,” Volkov said sarcastically.“I have a few professional fights, so what should I do to become a UFC champion?”White, seemingly unaware of who was asking the question, responded: “How many fights do you have? What’s your record?”Volkov continued: “Like 20 in the UFC and 51 in total.”View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/UFC333?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwAt this point, only White himself would know whether he genuinely wasn’t aware that it was Volkov asking him a question.But the awkward exchange prompted champion Volkanovski to step up and inform White it was his own UFC heavyweight.“How old are you?” White added — unaware that Volkov has his 38th birthday on fight night on Saturday — but seemingly now playing along.White continued: “I was going to say, you’re not 28. So what are you looking for? What do you need, sir? How can we help you?”This prompted Volkanovski to stand up again and reiterate to his boss that Volkov was asking the question.“He thought I didn’t know! He’s trying to help you out over here,” White said, referring to Volkanovski.White seemed confused at first when Volkov asked the question before playing along with the actYoutube / UFCVolkov has fought in the UFC since 2016 and contests his 52nd professional fight at UFC 333 on SaturdayGettyVolkov said: “I want to become UFC champion. What should I do to get a title shot? So what should I do to get a title shot?!”White finally answered his question and said: “Talk to [UFC matchmakers] Sean [Shelby] and Mick [Maynard].”Fans turn on ’embarrassing’ WhiteThe whole exchange at the UFC 333 press conference in Abu Dhabi has once again left fans questioning White’s dedication to his promotion.Some have labelled him ’embarrassing,’ while others added that the UFC boss ‘doesn’t care’ anymore.This, of course, references White’s venture into boxing under the Zuffa Boxing banner this year, which took a hit this week when Shakur Stevenson announced he had left the roster without even fighting.White has been accused of relaxing his promotional duties for UFC events — with the promotion no longer operating under a pay-per-view model with Paramount+ — to prioritise boxing.Volkanovski makes the second defence of his second featherweight title reign against Evloev in the main event of UFC 333GettyThe card also features another title fight with Yan fighting Dvalishvili for the third time with bantamweight gold on the lineGettyWhat else happened at UFC 333 presser?He will, however, be present at the Etihad Arena this weekend for UFC 333, where Volkanovski defends his featherweight title against the undefeated Movsar Evloev.Volkanovski warned well-known wrestler Evloev at the press conference that he will be forced to stand and bang with him, and is confident his experience and skill set will prove too much for his younger opponent.Evloev labelled Volkanovski the ‘best featherweight in history,’ and said he is here to snatch that crown come fight night and beyond. In the co-main event of UFC 333, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili contest their highly anticipated trilogy.Yan snatched the belt from Dvalishvili at UFC 323 in December, having lost to the Georgian by unanimous decision back in 2023.“Talk now, enjoy. Saturday, I will show you. I will eat you,” Dvalishvili told Yan when the pair faced off on stage.talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Joshua Van and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall miss out.