Nicolle Caliari misses weight by 4.5 lb for UFC 333 and forfeits 30% of her purse to Lucindo

Caliari weighed in at 120.5 lb for a strawweight bout with a 116 lb limit, but her fight with Iasmin Lucindo in Abu Dhabi goes ahead at a catchweight.

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Fri 23 Oct, 08:54 UK · Updated Fri 23 Oct, 09:13 UK · AI-assisted reporting

Typographic card reading Caliari misses weight, UFC 333 weigh-ins — Original graphic: Combat Sports UK

Nicolle Caliari missed weight for her UFC 333 fight with Iasmin Lucindo, coming in at 120.5 lb at Friday's official weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi. The limit for a non-title strawweight bout is 116 lb, the division's 115 lb plus the one-pound allowance, which left Caliari 4.5 lb heavy.

The bout still goes ahead at a catchweight, with Caliari forfeiting 30 percent of her purse to Lucindo as the penalty, MMA Fighting reported. Lucindo made weight at 115 lb.

Caliari was the only fighter on the 14-fight card to miss. Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) and Movsar Evloev (145) are set for the featherweight title main event, and Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili both weighed in at 135 for the bantamweight title fight.

London's Lone'er Kavanagh, the British name on the card, weighed in at 125.5 lb for his flyweight bout with Ramazan Temirov, who came in at 126.

Lucindo and Caliari are on the early prelims at the Etihad Arena on Saturday, 24 October, which start at 15:00 BST. Full timings and how to watch in the UK are on our UFC 333 UK start time page.

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Nicolle Caliari Iasmin Lucindo Alexander Volkanovski Movsar Evloev Petr Yan Merab Dvalishvili Ramazan Temirov