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Iasmin Lucindo sweeps the cards against Nicolle Caliari in their UFC 333 catchweight bout

Lucindo won every round on every scorecard against Caliari, who had forfeited 30 percent of her purse after missing the non-title strawweight limit by 4.5 pounds, as the pair opened UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi at catchweight.

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The UFC Octagon at Ultimate Fight Night 7 in December 2006. This archive venue photograph is an illustrative file image, not a photograph of UFC 333's weigh-ins or Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Display crop and resize applied.Sgt. Leonard Langston / US Marine Corps / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (US federal government work)

UFC 333 weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi produced one significant miss on an otherwise clean day. Nicolle Caliari weighed in at 120.5 pounds for her scheduled women's strawweight bout against Iasmin Lucindo, 4.5 pounds over the 116-pound non-title limit, according to weigh-in results reported by Yahoo Sports. The outlet reported that Caliari forfeited 30 percent of her purse to Lucindo as a penalty, and the two fought at a catchweight rather than having the bout canceled.

Lucindo made weight at 115 pounds. MiddleEasy's own weigh-in coverage separately recorded Caliari's scale reading at 120.5 pounds, calling her the only fighter on the card to miss weight and corroborating the size of the miss reported elsewhere.

Lucindo wins every round

The bout opened UFC 333's early prelims on Saturday. Lucindo won a lopsided unanimous decision, taking all three rounds on all three judges' scorecards for a 30-27 sweep, according to the UFC's official scorecards from the event. Sherdog's own round-by-round scoring matched that result, with all three of its scorers also card the fight 30-27 for Lucindo.

The win was Lucindo's regardless of the catchweight arrangement; UFC purse penalties for missed weight do not alter how a bout's result counts on a fighter's official record. Caliari absorbed both the financial penalty and a one-sided loss on the same night.

A clean night for the titles

The same weigh-in session finalized UFC 333's two championship bouts. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski weighed 144.5 pounds and challenger Movsar Evloev weighed 145 pounds, while bantamweight champion Petr Yan and challenger Merab Dvalishvili both made the 135-pound limit. Every other bout on the card besides Caliari-Lucindo was confirmed on weight.

UFC 333 took place Saturday at Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

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  1. Yahoo SportsUFC 333 weigh-in results: Championship bouts set, prelim fighter misses weight by almost 5 pounds
  2. MiddleEasyUFC 333 Weigh-In Results: Both Title Fights On Weight, Caliari Misses First Attempt
  3. UFCUFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev Official Scorecards
  4. SherdogUFC 333 'Volkanovski vs. Evloev' play-by-play, results & round scoring

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