Jiri
Prochazka will get another shot at light heavyweight gold at UFC
327. | Getty/UFC
With Alex
Pereira likely moving to heavyweight, a new 205-pound champion
will be crowned in Miami this spring.
Jiri
Prochazka and Carlos
Ulberg will vie for the vacant light heavyweight crown in the
UFC
327 headliner, the Las Vegas-based promotion announced Friday
night. UFC 327 takes place on April 11 at the Kaseya Center in
Miami and will also see Joshua Van
defend the flyweight strap against Tatsuro
Taira in the evening’s co-main event. There was no mention of
Pereira’s next move, though the popular Brazilian has been linked
to fights against the likes of Jon Jones and
Ciryl
Gane for months now.
A handful of new fights were also confirmed on Friday, including
Beneil
Dariush vs. Manuel
Torres at lightweight; Patricio
Freire vs. Aaron Pico
at featherweight; Mateusz
Gamrot vs. Esteban
Ribovics at lightweight and Kelvin
Gastelum vs. Vicente
Luque at middleweight.
This card is VIOLENT! 🤯
The
[ LIVE SAT APR 11 on @ParamountPlus
#UFC327 card is LOCKED IN for Miami!
] pic.twitter.com/gPcAkCyzJ2— UFC (@ufc)
February 28, 2026
Prochazka enjoyed a brief championship reign at 205 pounds in 2022
when he captured the belt with a fifth-round submission of Glover
Teixeira at UFC 275. “BJP” was forced to vacate the title later
that year after suffering a shoulder injury. The 33-year-old Czech
Republic native has twice challenged for the belt since then,
falling to Pereira via technical knockout at both UFC 295 and UFC
303. Prochazka is coming off finishes of Jamahal
Hill and Khalil
Rountree in his last two Octagon appearances.
Ulberg, meanwhile, has won nine consecutive
UFC outings since dropping his promotional debut to Kennedy
Nzechukwu in March 2021. A memorable 2025 propelled the City
Kickboxing representative to the top of the contender’s queue, as
he earned victories over former champ Jan
Blachowicz and ex-title challenger Dominick
Reyes.
UFC 327 Main Card
Jiri
Prochazka vs. Carlos
Ulberg
Joshua
Van vs. Tatsuro
Taira
Curtis
Blaydes vs. Josh
Hokit
Beneil
Dariush vs. Manuel
Torres
Dominick
Reyes vs. Johnny
Walker
UFC 327 Preliminary Card
Azamat
Murzakanov vs. Paulo
Costa
Patricio
Freire vs. Aaron
Pico
Mateusz
Gamrot vs. Esteban
Ribovics
Cub
Swanson vs. Nate
Landwehr
Kevin
Holland vs. Randy
Brown
Kelvin
Gastelum vs. Vicente
Luque
Tatiana
Suarez vs. Lupita
Godinez
Christopher
Alvidrez vs. Francisco
Prado