UFC 327 is within the books after one other profitable night time of fights within the Kaseya Heart, Miami. The sunshine heavyweight division has a brand new king in Carlos Ulberg.
Miami has develop into a spotlight vacation spot for UFC followers over the previous few years with distinctive occasions at all times catching fireplace in “The Magic Metropolis.”
Carlos Ulberg Stuns Jiří Procházka
In the primary occasion the vacant gentle heavyweight belt was up for grabs between the 2 main contenders at 205lbs. After Alex Pereira vacated the belt to pursue a title at heavyweight it was clear that Carlos Ulberg vs Jiří Procházka was the matchup to make. Ulberg was on a 9 combat win streak with a violent KO vs Dominick Reyes and Procházka had simply come out of a warfare of a combat in opposition to fellow prime contender Khalil Rountree Jr.
A becoming headliner assured for a spectacular second and it delivered massively. Within the very first spherical Carlos Ulberg lands a surprising left hook after injuring his knee early within the bout. That harm to the knee of Ulberg might nicely decide his first defence of the sunshine heavyweight title. This championship has been cursed with accidents to champions and been vacated on quite a few events, one can solely hope this isn’t an identical story for Ulberg. With the division in a state of flux and no true contender sticking their head above the parapet many marvel who may very well be subsequent.
Within the co most important occasion Paulo Costa turned again the clock and placed on an excellent efficiency paying homage to his middleweight rise by way of 2017-2019. Taking up an undefeated Russian in Azamat Murzakanov and delivered a 3rd spherical TKO in brutal style is an effective way to announce your self into the 205lbs weight class. Put up combat Costa referred to as for present middleweight king Khamzat Chimaev as he has beef with the champion nevertheless he might nicely have landed his personal gentle heavyweight title alternative with that efficiency.
All different extremely ranked contenders at 205lbs are coming off losses so might want to return to a win column previous to a title combat. The UFC has their work minimize out match making the highest of this division and if the champion is sidelined by harm this offers them time to try this.
