UFC 327: 5 big takeaways from one of the wildest, weirdest nights we've seen in years

UFC 327 gave us one of the wildest nights of cage-fighting so far this year , with twists and turns galore. Here are the five key takeaways from Saturday night’s weird and wonderful outing at Miami’s Kaseya Center. 1.

Imagine what a bad feeling it must be to stand across from Jiri Prochazka on one good leg with the UFC title on the line. A normal person might be given to panic in such a moment. Failing that, he might get at least a little concerned.

Carlos Ulberg somehow kept his cool and his confidence long enough to clip the former light heavyweight champion with a fight-changing left hook, and seconds later he was the new champ. In the weeks and months to come, Prochazka might wish he’d attacked this wounded foe a little differently. His samurai code almost seemed to demand that he limit his own movement and stand in front of Ulberg to even things up.

Afterward, Prochazka admitted he felt some combination of sympathy and mercy for Ulberg — which, clearly, was a mistake. Turns out that dude can still hurt you badly even with a blown-out knee. So now we have a light heavyweight champion who probably needs surgery and a defeated challenger who broke our hearts with his own vulnerable humanity.