UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi: Volkanovski and Evloev make weight – both title fights set
Volkanovski weighed 144.5 pounds and Evloev exactly 145. Yan and Dvalishvili also made the limit, while one fighter missed badly.
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Both title fights at Saturday's UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi are on. At Friday's official weigh-ins, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski came in at 144.5 pounds and challenger Movsar Evloev hit the 145-pound limit exactly. In the bantamweight title co-main event, Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili both weighed 135 pounds.
Heavyweights Alexander Volkov (256 pounds) and Rizvan Kuniev (265) also made weight, as did Losene Keita (146) and Aaron Pico (145.5) for their non-title featherweight bout. The only blemish was Nicolle Caliari, who weighed 120.5 pounds for her strawweight fight with Iasmin Lucindo, 4.5 pounds over the limit. MMA Weekly reported she was fined 30 percent of her purse.