Dejected UFC 332 star hit with fine after missing weight for main card bout

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Esteban Ribovics has missed weight for his main card bout against King Green at UFC 332.The Argentine lightweight hit the scales Friday morning, more than an hour after most fighters featuring at UFC 332 had made weight and the headliner and co-main event were official.Ribovics’ fight against Green on the main card of UFC 332 will still go ahead despite the weight missGettyHow much did Ribovics weigh?Ribovics looked drained as he made his way to the scales and just failed to make the lightweight limit of 156lbs for non-championship bouts.Green had already made weight earlier in that day at 155.5lbs, but Ribovics came in at 156.5lbs on his first attempt.‘El Gringo’ tried again with the curtain to remove his shorts, but unfortunately he could not make weight.This has led to Ribovics being fined 20 per cent of his fight night purse, which could be tens of thousands of dollars depending on how much he earns.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/UFC332?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwRibovics, who cut his family holiday at Disney World in Orlando short to accept this fight, is now ineligible to win a $100,000 Performance of the Night or Fight of the Night (FOTN) bonus.Despite the minor miss, Ribovics’s fight against Green goes ahead as normal.This means that Green could potentially bag himself a whopping $200,000 if he wins FOTN.Who else is fighting at UFC 332?The UFC returns to Salt Lake City for the first time in two years this weekend.Fans have labelled the card lacklustre due to the lack of star power, made worse by Dana White‘s careless comments about main event star Wang Cong this week.Cong can become the second undisputed UFC champion from China after Zhang Weili if she overcomes Natalia Silva in the main event.Ribovics has lost 20 per cent of his fight purse for missing weight by just 0.5lbsGettyThe pair will fight for the women’s flyweight title, which Valentina Shevchenko vacated last month due to injury.Also on the card, Deiveson Figueiredo takes on Payton Talbott in the chief support act to see who will climb the ladder at bantamweight.Roberto Soldic, who makes his UFC debut, and Ateba Gautier, who trains at Manchester Top Team, are other notable names on the main card.Elsewhere, MMA legend Rafael dos Anjos returns after a two-year hiatus to fight Alexander Hernandez in his 50th professional bout.And British heavyweight Mick Parkin takes on Brazilian Johnny Walker, who is moving up a division for his first fight in the promotion’s biggest weight class.All other fighters bar Ribovics made weight for UFC 332, which takes place at the 20,000-capacity Delta Center in Salt Lake City this Saturday.talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Joshua Van and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall miss out.