At the official UFC 333 weigh-ins held in Abu Dhabi on Friday, October 23, 2026, all four headlining championship fighters successfully made weight for their respective title bouts [sports.yahoo.com]. Alexander Volkanovski weighed in at 144.5 pounds for his featherweight title defense, while his challenger Movsar Evloev registered exactly 145 pounds [mmafighting.com]. In the bantamweight title trilogy, both champion Petr Yan and challenger Merab Dvalishvili weighed in at 135 pounds [sports.yahoo.com].

Across the remaining preliminary and early preliminary sessions, 27 other fighters successfully made weight for the UFC 333 card, which features 31 total competitors [sports.yahoo.com]. However, the morning session recorded one notable weight miss involving the women's strawweight division [mmafighting.com].

UFC 333 Preliminary Weight Miss and Penalties

Nicolle Caliari missed the women's strawweight limit by 4.5 pounds, stepping onto the scale at 120.5 pounds against a division limit of 115 pounds that includes a standard 1-pound allowance [mmafighting.com]. As a direct consequence of the infraction, Caliari's scheduled preliminary bout against Iasmin Lucindo will proceed at a catchweight [sports.yahoo.com].

In addition to the division adjustment, athletic commission rules enforce a financial penalty for failing the weight limit [mmafighting.com]. Caliari will forfeit 30 percent of her individual purse to her opponent, allowing the match to go forward on the preliminary lineup [sports.yahoo.com].

Event Schedule and Unresolved Details

The UFC 333 event is officially scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Abu Dhabi [sports.yahoo.com]. With the official morning weigh-ins concluded and all contractual weight infractions addressed, fighters are cleared for competition barring any last-minute medical issues [mmafighting.com].

While the scale results accounted for all 31 athletes across the main, preliminary, and early preliminary rounds, certain operational aspects remain unconfirmed [sports.yahoo.com]. Public reporting has not yet specified the exact timing for the release of the ceremonial weigh-in video footage, nor have officials reported any minor weight discrepancies outside of Caliari's documented miss [mmafighting.com].

Fans and analysts monitoring the card can confirm that both marquee title fights—Alexander Volkanovski versus Movsar Evloev and the Petr Yan-Merab Dvalishvili bantamweight trilogy—will proceed as originally planned [espn.com]. The resolution of the catchweight bout ensures the full preliminary lineup remains intact ahead of Saturday's opening bell [sports.yahoo.com].

The next confirmed development will be the UFC 333 fight card execution inside the arena in Abu Dhabi, where the results of the championship and preliminary bouts will be decided in competition [mmafighting.com].