Jan Blachowicz Returns, Faces Carlos Ulberg at UFC London on March 22

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🇵🇱 Jan Blachowicz vs Carlos Ulberg 🇳🇿
🇵🇱 Marcin Tybura vs Mick Parkin 🇬🇧

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Former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will return to action against the streaking Carlos Ulberg at UFC London on March 22.

Additionally, Marcin Tybura will lock horns with Mick Parkin in a heavyweight clash on the same card. The promotion announced both bouts on Tuesday. A main event has not been confirmed for UFC London, which takes place at the O2 Arena.

Blachowicz will be competing for the first time since July 2023, when he fell to Alex -Pereira-224511">Alex Pereira via split decision at UFC 291. The Polish veteran was slated to face Aleksandar Rakic in a rematch at UFC 297 in January, but a shoulder injury that required two separate surgeries forced him to withdraw from the event. Blachowicz’s greatest run of UFC success came from October 2017 to March 2021, when he was victorious in nine of 10 Octagon appearances. During that time, he defeated Dominick Reyes via TKO to claim the vacant 205-pound belt and defended the strap against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259. He would relinquish the crown against Glover Teixeira one bout later.

Ulberg will take a seven-bout promotional winning streak into the matchup with Ulberg. “Black Jag” earned his most significant triumph to date in his last outing, when he outpointed former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night 248 on Nov. 23. During his current winning streak, Ulberg has finished five of his seven victories inside the distance.

Tybura is coming off a second-round doctor stoppage win over Jhonta Diniz in a short-notice pairing at UFC 309. The 39-year-old Pole went 2-1 in 2024, also scoring a first-round submission of Tai Tuivasa in March.

A London native, Parkin has won four straight outings since earning a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022. Most recently, Parking knocked out Lukasz Brzeski in the opening stanza of their clash at UFC 304.