UFC 333 fight set to go ahead despite star’s huge 4.5-pound weight miss

Nicolle Caliari missed weight by 4.5 pounds for her strawweight bout at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, but her fight against Iasmin Lucindo will proceed. Caliari tipped the scale at 120.5 pounds for the preliminary contest, while Lucindo weighed in successfully at 115 pounds. As a result of the miss, Caliari will forfeit 30 percent of her purse to keep the matchup on the card.

The contest is the lone women's fight on a card headlined by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski defending against Movsar Evloev, alongside a bantamweight title trilogy between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili. Lucindo is returning from a nine-month suspension, while Caliari enters following a submission victory over Shauna Bannon.