Nicolle Caliari misses weight by 4.5 pounds ahead of UFC 333

Nicolle Caliari missed weight by a wide margin at the UFC 333 weigh-ins on Friday, tipping the scales at 120.5 pounds for a strawweight bout that carries a 116-pound limit. She will forfeit 30 percent of her purse, and her fight with Iasmin Lucindo remains on the card.

The miss is 4.5 pounds, one of the larger gaps a fighter can show on the scale for a one-day-out weigh-in. Because the bout is still on, Lucindo will compete against an opponent who enters the cage with a notable size advantage on fight night, a factor the numbers on the two fighters make worth watching.

Caliari, 29, is 9-4-0 and fights out of Thai Brasil. The Brazilian is a grappling-heavy presence, averaging 3.38 takedowns per 15 minutes and one submission attempt per 15 minutes. Her striking output is more modest, at 2.88 significant strikes landed per minute with 39 percent accuracy. She arrives on a win, having submitted Shauna Bannon in the third round on May 16, 2026, her most recent recorded fight. That followed back-to-back losses, a third-round TKO to Carli Judice in July 2025 and a split decision to Ernesta Kareckaite in January 2025.

Lucindo, 24, is 18-6-0 and also Brazilian, training with Fight House. She lands 3.22 significant strikes per minute at 45 percent accuracy and averages 2.28 takedowns per 15 minutes. Her most recent recorded fight was a unanimous decision win over Angela Hill on August 9, 2025, which came after a unanimous decision loss to Amanda Lemos in March 2025 and a split decision win over Marina Rodriguez in October 2024. All three of her most recent recorded bouts went the distance.

Why it matters

• Both fighters are listed at five-foot-three, but Lucindo holds a four-inch reach advantage, 66 inches to 62 inches.
• Lucindo is the more accurate striker, landing 45 percent to Caliari's 39 percent, while Caliari out-wrestles her on paper at 3.38 takedowns per 15 minutes versus 2.28.
• Caliari's submission rate of one attempt per 15 minutes is ten times Lucindo's 0.1, giving her a clear finishing route on the mat.
• The forfeited 30 percent of Caliari's purse is the financial penalty attached to the miss.