UFC Perth has been raked over the coals by both the media and fans this week, and while the card is undeniably light on star power, there is a compelling light heavyweight match-up sitting atop the marquee.
Carlos Ulberg has steadily been working his way up the 205lb division. Upon entering the UFC, he was more or less seen as one of “Adesanya’s guys,” but “Black Jag” has emerged as quite possibly the next UFC champion to come out of City Kickboxing. An eight-fight win streak with five finishes tends to spark that sort of talk, especially when that run includes an ex-champ like Jan Blachowicz.
Dominick Reyes once found himself in a similar situation, and now back on a win streak, he’s looking to jump past Ulberg potentially for a shot at the winner of Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira.
The rest of the card? With Junior Tafa out, it is on the thin side, but perhaps it will be another one that punches up — though that may be of little solace to fans paying premium prices for a sub-premium line-up.
Weigh-ins for UFC Perth take place Friday; results can be found below.
UFC Perth: Ulberg vs. Reyes Weigh-In Results
Main card
Light Heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg (205) vs. Dominick Reyes (206)
Light Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute (205) vs. Ivan Erslan (206)
Featherweight: Jack Jenkins (146) vs. Ramon Taveras (147)*
Welterweight: Jake Matthews (170) vs. Neil Magny (170)
Heavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Louie Sutherland (259) – Canceled, Tafa Illness
Lightweight: Tom Nolan (155) vs. Charlie Campbell (155.5)
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight: Navajo Stirling (205.5) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (205)
Middleweight: Cameron Rowston (184.5) vs. Andre Petroski (185.5)
Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott – Canceled, Elliot Illness
Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey (156) vs. Rolando Bedoya (156)
Bantamweight: Colby Thicknesse (135.5) vs. Josias Musasa (135.5)
Women’s Bantamweight: Michelle Montague (134.5) vs. Luana Carolina (136)
Heavyweight: Brando Peričić (261) vs. Elisha Ellison (236.6)
Women’s Strawweight: Loma Lookboonmee (115.5) vs. Alexia Thainara (115.5)
* Taveras weighed in 1lb over the featherweight non-title limit
