UFC 333 Weigh-ins: Volkanovski, Evloev Set for Title Fight as Caliari Misses
Two title fights are official for UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi after Alexander Volkanovski, Movsar Evloev, Petr Yan, and Merab Dvalishvili all made weight. Strawweight Nicolle Caliari missed weight by 4.5 pounds.
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Two Ultimate Fighting Championship title bouts are officially locked in following the official weigh-ins for UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi. The pay-per-view event is headlined by a featherweight championship showdown between reigning titleholder Alexander Volkanovski and undefeated challenger Movsar Evloev.
Volkanovski, looking to make another defense after back-to-back victories over Diego Lopes, stepped onto the scale at 144.5 pounds. The 38-year-old champion brings a 28-4 professional record into the cage. The 32-year-old Evloev (20-0, 10-0 UFC), an American Top Team product coming off wins over Lerone Murphy, Aljamain Sterling, Arnold Allen, and Lopes, also successfully hit the featherweight championship mark.
The co-main event title clash is also official, as bantamweight champion Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili both made weight for their trilogy meeting. All other competitors across the fight card made weight without issue, with only one exception.
In the women's strawweight division, Nicolle Caliari came in 4.5 pounds overweight for her scheduled matchup against Iasmin Lucindo. The bout will proceed as planned, with Caliari forfeiting a percentage of her fight purse as a penalty. UFC 333 will stream entirely on Paramount+, with the main card scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. PT.
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