This is the UFC 327 live weblog for Azamat Murzakanov vs. Paulo Costa, the sunshine heavyweight co-main occasion Saturday at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Currently at No. 8 at 205 kilos within the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, Murzakanov seems to be to show he’s worthy of a title shot when he takes on Costa.
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Murzakanov (16-0) has diced up the UFC’s gentle heavyweight division, ending 5 of his first six octagon opponents since incomes a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021. His most up-to-date win noticed him take out longtime contender Aleksandar Rakic in somewhat over three minutes and he now has 12 knockouts in 16 victories. He’s certain to have his eye on Saturday’s vacant title struggle between Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg.
Costa, a longtime contender at middleweight, strikes as much as gentle heavyweight for causes which are largely unclear, even to him. The social media maven is over 5 years faraway from his lone UFC title shot towards then-middleweight king Israel Adesanya and simply 2-4 in his previous six fights. However, Costa had a bounce-back efficiency towards Roman Kopylov at UFC 318 and might vault himself again into relevance with an upset over Murzakanov.
Check out the UFC 327 live weblog for Azamat Murzakanov vs. Paulo Costa beneath.
