Overview
- UFC officials announced Saturday on the Fight Night broadcast that a minor injury to flyweight champion Joshua Van pushed his first title defense with Tatsuro Taira to May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark.
- UFC 327 on April 11 in Miami now features one title bout with Jiri Prochazka facing Carlos Ulberg for the vacant light heavyweight championship.
- Paulo Costa versus Azamat Murzakanov has been elevated to UFC 327’s co-main event after the flyweight title fight moved.
- A previously scheduled prelim between Cub Swanson and Nate Landwehr has been promoted to the main card opener, setting the stage for Swanson’s retirement bout in front of a larger audience.
- Adding Van vs. Taira makes UFC 328 a two-title card with Khamzat Chimaev defending the middleweight belt against Sean Strickland, which increases the event’s stakes and reshapes short-term plans in the flyweight division.