Dominick
Reyes sees an upside to fighting on the same card that has a
title fight.
Reyes (15-5) is scheduled to fight fellow veteran Johnny
Walker (22-9) in a light heavyweight matchup at UFC 327
on Saturday at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. Meanwhile,
Jiri
Prochazka and Carlos
Ulberg will fight for the vacant light heavyweight title in the
main event of the same card.
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Reyes believes there is an advantage of fighting on the same card
where the title is on the line. According to “The Devastator,” we
live in a world of recency bias. Reyes believes a highlight-reel
win over Walker will make him relevant in the title picture since
the title goes on the line just a couple of fights later.
Planning to Put on a Show
“I win this fight, I would have won four of my last five, so it’s
pretty damn good,” Reyes told MMAjunkie.com. “The cool thing about fighting
on the title fight card is a relevancy thing. We live in a world
of, ‘What have you done for me lately?’ And everything’s kind of
short-term memory. So I go out there and put on a hell of show
against Johnny and the main event is a couple of fights later. I’ll
be in the conversation. Whether I have to fight one more time or
whatever, I’m relevant.”
Reyes posed the toughest challenge to Jon Jones
while dropping a highly controversial decision in a title bid in
2020. Reyes then suffered three more losses in a row. However,
Reyes seemingly found the proverbial second win in his career with
three consecutive finishes from 2024 to 2025. Reyes’ winning streak
was snapped by a first round knockout loss against Ulberg last
year. Meanwhile, Walker is coming off an upset stoppage win against
Mingyang
Zhang that saw him rebound from back-to-back losses.