Following Alex Pereira’s jump to heavyweight, former champion Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg will clash for the vacant title in the main event of UFC 327 in Miami.
Prochazka enters as a slight -115 favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook, while Ulberg sits at -105 on the moneyline. The fight total is set at O/U 2.5 rounds.
Along with traditional sports betting and daily fantasy, you can now have more action than ever for UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg. Check out DraftKings UFC Pick6 for my favorite picks for Saturday’s UFC event.
Jiri Prochazka More Than 59.5 Significant Strikes
Saturday’s main event is shaping up to be a classic slugfest between prolific strikers Jiri Prochazka (32–5–1) and Carlos Ulberg (14–1). With no takedowns in sight, Prochazka — whose only UFC losses have come at the hands of Alex Pereira — looks primed to crush his modest significant-strike total.
Outside of his Pereira fights, Prochazka has cleared 59.5 significant strikes in four straight appearances. And it’ll likely take more than that to stop Ulberg, whose lone knockout loss came in his UFC debut in 2021. A few years later, Ulberg walked through 96 significant strikes from Volkan Oezdemir, who boasts 14 knockouts in 21 professional wins.
Azamat Murzakanov Less Than 48.5 Significant Strikes
Undefeated light heavyweight Azamat Murzakanov (16–0) boasts an 81% finish rate with 12 knockouts, one submission, and 10 first-round stoppages — including four in under a minute. In other words, he doesn’t play with his food.
The explosive Russian, 36, hasn’t needed to land more than 48.5 significant strikes to get his hand raised in nearly three years. Expect the trend to continue against former top middleweight contender Paulo Costa (15–4), who hasn’t been the same since getting TKO’ed by then-champion Israel Adesanya in 2020.
Josh Hokit More Than 0.5 Knockouts
Josh Hokit (8–0) heads into Saturday night with an impressive resume: undefeated with a 100% finish rate, including five knockouts. Just two fights into his UFC career, the 28-year-old wrecking ball has already collected a pair of first-round knockouts — most recently a last-second TKO of Denzel Freeman in January.
Undoubtedly a wildcard, Hokit brings potential to shake up the lifeless heavyweight division with one punch against top-five gatekeeper Curtis Blaydes (19–5). The former Fresno State wrestler and football fullback should be able to keep things on the feet, where he can blitz the bigger, grappling-focused Blaydes with his speed and athleticism.
While still one of the division’s most formidable foes, Blaydes’ struggles have come almost exclusively against explosive strikers; all five of his professional losses have come by knockout.
Aaron Pico Less Than 88.5 Fantasy Points
The Bellator-to-UFC pipeline has not been successful of late. Continuing the trend, featherweight Aaron Pico (13–5) struggled in his debut, getting knocked out in the first round by top contender Lerone Murphy. That performance yielded just 18.8 fantasy points.
Even in a win, Pico is unlikely to clear 88.5 fantasy points against fellow former Bellator star Patricio Pitbull (37–8). While the ex-champ also fell short in his UFC debut against Yair Rodriguez, he rebounded last July with a unanimous decision win over Dan Ige. Pitbull has only been finished three times across a 22-year career, further limiting Pico’s potential fantasy output.
Mateusz Gamrot More Than 4.5 Takedowns
Lightweight linchpin Mateusz Gamrot (25–4), known for his suffocating wrestling, has averaged 5.15 takedowns per 15 minutes inside the Octagon. The Polish contender landed at least five takedowns in three straight bouts — scoring 11 against Rafael dos Anjos — before falling to former champion Charles Oliveira in October.
Expect the grizzled veteran to employ his dominant ground game against rising contender Esteban Ribovics (15–2), who has yet to face anyone near Gamrot’s caliber. “El Gringo” has also been overwhelmed by strong grapplers, getting taken down 11 times by Loik Radzhabov in his UFC debut back in March 2023.
Tatiana Suarez More Than 6:30 Control Time
Even in her lopsided loss to former champion Zhang Weili, Tatiana Suarez (12–1) still managed to record 5:56 control time. But for good measure, the elite wrestler in her next bout clocked more than nine minutes of control en route to a dominant decision over Amanda Lemos.
Suarez will look to return to the well Saturday night against Loopy Godinez (14–5). While a skilled judo practitioner, Godinez is at her best when pressing forward with her polished boxing. She has struggled against strong grapplers in the past, repeatedly taken down in a pair of 2024 losses to Virna Jandiroba and eventual champion Mackenzie Dern.
With a clear advantage on the ground, count on Suarez to initiate early grappling exchanges and comfortably eclipse 6:30 control time.
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