Carlos Ulberg vs Dominick Reyes
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Before headlining this weekend's UFC Fight Night in Perth, Australia, Dominick Reyes opened up on Submission Radio about his health battle, and what his doctor told him.
Dominator” is better. Two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes collides with surging contender and No. 3-ranked Carlos Ulberg in the main event of UFC Perth this Saturday (Sept.
Reyes (a former college football player at Stony Brook) and Ulberg (an accomplished rugby league player from New Zealand) bring an incredible amount of similarities to the fight. Both are 6-foot-4 with a 77-inch reach and are a mere 11 months apart in age.
The UFC makes its fourth trip to Perth this weekend for a Fight Night event that could determine the next challenger for the light heavyweight throne. Surging
In February 2023, UFC 284 was a sell-out at RAC Arena with a gate north of $4 million. In August 2024, UFC 305 kicked off a multiyear deal between the promotion and the city of Perth to bring two shows to the city each year. The response for that pay-per-view was another sell-out and a gate near $5.5 million.
By the time Ryan Spann clubbed Dominick Reyes on the prelims of UFC 281 in 2022, many of us had already left him for dead. It was his third knockout loss in a row, with a clear deescalation of opposition, meaning Reyes was fighting the kinds of guys he should beat. Not only was he not beating them, he was getting knocked out brutally.
The UFC Light Heavyweight title is on the line for a second time this year between champion Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira. In his fourth title defense in less than a year, Pereira lost the belt to Ankalaev by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 313 back in March.
On Tuesday night, Reyes (21-5) has the opportunity to make a nation proud as he seeks to become the lone Colombia-born fighter on the promotion's roster. It took 56 fights (26 professional and 30 amateur) to get here, and Reyes competed across the Western Hemisphere from Kentucky to Honduras to California to Peru.