The UFC returned to Miami, Florida’s Kaseya Center on Saturday with a big numbered event, including a light heavyweight title fight.
Even the loss of Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira, shifted to next month’s New Jersey card, didn’t hurt UFC 327 too much. With Alex Pereira having vacated his title in favor of a move to heavyweight, it was Jiri Prochazka vs. Carlos Ulberg headlining the show.
Prochazka was a former champ once again trying to reclaim his 205lb title; Ulberg was a City Kickboxing product on a nine-fight win streak ready for his first shot at gold. Either one was a worthy successor to “Poatan,” though Prochazka appeared to be the fan favorite in Miami this week.
The most anticipated Bellator MMA fight in years also arrived in Miami on Saturday, as part of the UFC 327 prelims. Patricio Pitbull and Aaron Pico had long been expected to face off in their own home, since acquired by the PFL and mothballed. With both now calling the UFC home, matchmakers took advantage and finally got the booking done.
Cub Swanson, meanwhile, kicked off the UFC 327 main card in his retirement fight. The WEC and UFC legend and Hall of Famer (for his UFC 206 scrap with Doo-Ho Choi) was calling it a career, the last active WEC star on the roster, in a fight with Nate Landwehr.
Our picks are in for UFC 327! Here’s who we see coming out ahead.
| Writer / Fight | Swanson vs. Landwehr | Reyes vs. Walker | Blaydes vs. Hokit | Costa vs. Murzakanov | Prochazka vs. Ulberg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Law |  |  |  |  |  |
| Jay Anderson |  |  | |  | |
| Chris Prawdzik | | | | | |
| Mathis Desjardins | | | | | |
| Brett Cagle | | |  | | |
| Patrick Danna | | | | | |
| Alex Behunin | | | | | |
It’s a landslide in the main event, with all writers responding by deadline siding with Jiri Prochazka. Despite an impressive win streak, no love for Carlos Ulberg here.
There isn’t much love for the Clown Prince of the heavyweight division either. Only one writer is siding with Josh Hokit, who has been taking on pro-wrestling style personas, with mixed results, ahead of his fight with Curtis Blaydes. “Razor” Blaydes has played it cool and has a considerable weight advantage in the fight itself.
