Pereira returns UFC title for 'heavyweight challenge' → The champion's vacancy is... #2 VS #3 "Big Bang"

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The match to determine the new king of the UFC light heavyweight division, where Alex Pereira left, has been confirmed.

UFC will hold 'UFC 327: Prohasca vs Ulberg' at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida on the 12th (Korea Standard Time).

In the main event, former champion and current No. 2 Yuri Prohaska (33, Czech Republic) and No. 3 Carlos Ulberg (35, New Zealand) will clash for the vacant light-heavyweight title. As the existing champion Alex Pereira returned the title for the heavyweight challenge, Prohasca and Ulberg had a chance to retake the throne.

Prohaska (32 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses) is set to reclaim the top spot for the first time in four years. Prohaska, who was the 2022 champion but voluntarily returned the title due to a shoulder injury, knocked out Jamahal Hill and Khalil Roundree Jr. in a row last year.

Against this backdrop, Wolberg (13 wins and 1 loss) is taking the title for the first time in his career. Wolberg, who has won nine straight since losing his debut in 2021, is at his peak last year, beating Jan Vlahovic and Dominic Reyes.

The match between the two players is expected to be a fire battle. Prohasca has 31 finishes out of 32 and Ulberg is also a slugger with eight (T)KO wins out of 13. In particular, while Prohaska, known as a slow starter, declared from the beginning that he would push hard, Ulberg said he would fight back with a faithful response to the basics, causing tension.

Meanwhile, in this competition, "Korean Superboy" Choi Doo-ho and Cup Swanson (42, USA), who were inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame as a master match, will play a retirement match to end their 22-year career. The opponent was Choi Doo-ho, a 37-year-old close fan of the U.S., who had lost to his Korean wife.

Swanson is a veteran of the era with a 30-14 record in 22 years since his debut in 2004. Ahead of the last Octagon, Swanson left sincere advice to new fighters, saying, "It is the secret of the long run that he has constantly tried to improve without overestimating himself."

In addition, there were plenty of matches, including a light heavyweight match between Azamat Murzakhanov and Paulo Costa, and a heavyweight match between Curtis Blaze and Josh Hawkitt.

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