UFC 327 preview roundtable: What's at stake for slight underdog Jirí Procházka?

The UFC heads to Miami for the next premier numbered card, UFC 327, and it’s quite a party. Jiří Procházka will try to win back the 205-pound title against Carlos Ulberg, and Paulo Costa will make the jump to that division to face off with the undefeated Amazat Murzakanov. The personalities alone make for some potential weirdness, as Josh Hokit is on the card, too, and there’s a supporting cast of names like Johnny Walker, Kevin Holland, “Chuck Buffalo” Charles Radke and a Bellator Bonanza featuring Aaron Pico against Patricio Pitbull.

Here are six burning questions ahead of UFC 327: With Joshua Van’s flyweight title defense against Tatsuro Taira now off UFC 327, how do you rate UFC 327 as a special attraction card? Petesy: I really didn’t need to see Tatsuro Taira challenge Joshua Van for the title. It’s a weird situation because Van is the champion without having defeated Alexandre Pantoja and so really, the fight that I need to see in terms of the flyweight title is a replay of that one.

However, without this fight on the card, it does look pretty shallow. We have another big farewell fight on the back of UFC Seattle as Cub Swanson enters the Octagon for the last time. We have a fan favorite, Jiří Procházka, in the main event competing for a vacant title.

The card is fine. I just can’t think of a single contest on it that has me constantly saying, “I can’t believe that fight is happening this weekend! ” That used to be a weekly occurrence, now it seems to only happen a few times a year.