The vacant
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title will be
up for grabs this weekend after both title challengers made weight
following the
UFC 327 weigh-ins.
Competing for the vacant 205-pound crown are former champion
Jiri
Prochazka and the streaking Carlos
Ulberg. Both men had no issue making championship weight for
the five-round title fight. All other fighters also made weight for
the card, with the exception of Chris
Padilla, who came in two pounds heavy for his lightweight bout
against MarQuel
Mederos. The fight will continue with Padilla being fined 20%
of his purse.
A fan-favorite inside the Octagon, Prochazka (32-5-1) is coming off
impressive knockouts of Jamahal
Hill and Khalil
Rountree. The former champ’s only two defeats inside the UFC
are to Alex
Pereira. “BJP” will look to regain the belt he originally won
in 2022 against Glover
Teixeira and officially weighed 203 pounds, or two pounds under
the limit.
Meanwhile, this is the biggest fight in the career of Ulberg
(13-1). “Black Jag” hasn’t lost a fight since his 2021 knockout
loss to Kennedy
Nzechukwu. Since that setback, Ulberg has put together nine
victories, which include wins over former titleholder Jan
Blachowicz, Volkan
Oezdemir and Dominick
Reyes. The New Zealand-based fighter officially weighed 204
pounds for his first title shot.
Paramount+ will stream UFC 327 in its entirety on Saturday. Prelims
begin at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT, while the main card kicks off
at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
UFC 327 weigh-in results:
Jiri
Prochazka (203) vs. Carlos
Ulberg (204)
Paulo
Costa (205) vs. Azamat
Murzakanov (205)
Curtis
Blaydes (261) vs. Josh Hokit
(233)
Dominick
Reyes (205) vs. Johnny
Walker (205)
Nate
Landwehr (145) vs. Cub Swanson
(146)
Patricio
Freire (145) vs. Aaron Pico
(145)
Randy
Brown (171) vs. Kevin
Holland (171)
Mateusz
Gamrot (156) vs. Esteban
Ribovics (155)
Lupita
Godinez (116) vs. Tatiana
Suarez (116)
MarQuel
Mederos (155) vs. Chris
Padilla (158)*
Kelvin
Gastelum (185) vs. Vicente
Luque (185)
Francisco
Prado (170) vs. Charles
Radtke (170)
* Padilla missed weight by 2 pounds and will be fined 20% of his
purse.