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Light heavyweight fighter William Knight has forfeited 40 per cent of his purse after missing weight by twelve pounds for UFC 271.

Knight was scheduled to fight Maxim Grishin in a light heavyweight fight on the opening bout of the preliminary card for this Saturday's event.

Grishin successfully weighed in at 206lbs for the fight, but Knight stepped on the scale at 218lbs and was deducted 40 per cent of his fight purse.

UFC officials have since confirmed the fight will not be removed from the card and instead take place at heavyweight.

Knight missing the mark by 12lbs is the largest weight miss in UFC history, with the previous record being held by Rafael Alves who came in 11.5lbs heavy for a featherweight fight last year.

It means that 'Knightmare' - who has never missed weight before - will also be ineligible to win any UFC 271 performance bonuses, such as Fight of the Night or Performance of the Night.

Grishin is no stranger to the heavyweight division as the Russian started his current UFC stint at the weight class, losing against Marcin Tybura before he moved to 205lbs.

He also missed weight for his last fight against Dustin Jacoby, weighing in four and a half pounds over the light heavyweight limit at 210.5lbs.