UFC 327 combat card: Jiri Prochazka vs. Carlos Ulberg set to headline Miami occasion in April

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UFC 327 has its foremost occasion. Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg will battle for the vacant gentle heavyweight championship inside Kaseya Middle in Miami on April 11. UFC president and CEO Dana White made the combat official with an announcement on Friday night time.

The title was vacated by Alex Pereira, who was on his second run as gentle heavyweight champion after having beforehand held the middleweight title, in anticipation of a transfer to the heavyweight division.

Prochazka is aiming for his personal second stint as champion at 205 kilos, having beforehand received the title with a win over Glover Teixeira at UFC 275. Prochazka misplaced the belt in his first protection, struggling a TKO defeat to Pereira. Prochazka then misplaced a rematch for the title in opposition to Pereira two fights later.

Prochazka has been good in his UFC profession exterior of the 2 defeats to Pereira, compiling a 6-2 report within the Octagon with all victories coming through stoppage. He has received back-to-back fights, stopping Jamahal Hill through TKO after which scoring a dramatic comeback knockout of Khalil Rountree Jr. this previous October.

Ulberg stumbled in his UFC debut, struggling a knockout loss to Kennedy Nzechukwu. Since that loss, Ulberg has rattled off 9 consecutive victories, most not too long ago knocking out Dominick Reyes in a UFC Combat Evening foremost occasion.

Prochazka and Ulberg sit at No. 2 and three, respectively, within the official UFC gentle heavyweight rankings, sitting solely behind No. 1 Magomed Ankalaev.

Prochazka vs. Ulberg tops a card that additionally features a flyweight title protection between champion Joshua Van and challenger Tatsuro Taira.

White additionally introduced on Friday that former Bellator two-division champion Patricio Pitbull would return in Miami to tackle a well-recognized title in Aaron Pico as each males spent years with the promotion. The 2 will meet at featherweight on the prelims.

This is how the remainder of the cardboard shakes out.