{"id":169533,"date":"2025-09-26T01:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169533\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T01:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T01:04:05","slug":"dominick-reyes-vows-hes-better-ahead-of-ufc-perth-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169533\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominick Reyes vows he\u2019s \u201cbetter\u201d ahead of UFC Perth main"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cDominator\u201d is better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/385198\/ufc-perth-fight-card-start-time-date-and-location-ulberg-vs-reyes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Perth<\/a> this Saturday (Sept. 27, 2025) inside RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But looking back, Reyes doesn\u2019t just think he\u2019s recovered. He thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/391044\/ufc-perth-dominick-reyes-redemption-arc-includes-surprising-rematch-jon-jones-retired-dream-come-true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019s evolved <\/a>into a far better version of himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThat night when I fought Jon Jones was the best performance of my life, you know, fighting the best fighter and putting it on him like I did,\u201d Reyes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFCNews\" rel=\"nofollow\">told UFC.com<\/a>. \u201cBut honestly, I feel like I\u2019m better now. I\u2019m not back, I\u2019m better. I truly believe every day I\u2019m getting better, and it\u2019s pretty crazy to see because I\u2019ve been in the UFC for nine years, and I\u2019m still getting better. It\u2019s trippy to see on film \u2014 I\u2019m speaking objectively, not even subjectively. I\u2019m watching the film, and like I would have beat myself up back then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That confidence has translated into results. Reyes has rattled off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/6\/8\/24174327\/full-fight-video-highlights-ufc-louisville-espn-results-mma-reyes-knockout-jacoby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three straight knockout wins<\/a>, showing the same dangerous striking and killer instinct that once had him on the doorstep of UFC gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, standing in his way is Ulberg, who has quietly pieced together the second-longest win streak in the division behind champion Magomed Ankalaev. If Reyes can halt that momentum in enemy territory, he may finally earn another crack at the belt that narrowly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/6\/11\/24176447\/jon-jones-fires-shots-at-dominick-reyes-i-dont-want-you-to-ever-question-me-or-those-judges-ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slipped through his fingers five years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Remember that <a href=\"http:\/\/mmamania.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMAmania.com<\/a> will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/385198\/ufc-perth-fight-card-start-time-date-and-location-ulberg-vs-reyes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Perth fight card<\/a>, starting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?subId1=SBNation&amp;subId2=[sb0925awD][390002][][][][][][][][][mmamania.com]\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a> \u201cPrelims\u201d matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 10 p.m. ET (also on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?subId1=SBNation&amp;subId2=[sb0925awD][390002][][][][][][][][][mmamania.com]\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a>).<br \/>To<br \/>checkout the latest and greatest UFC Perth: \u201cUlberg vs. Reyes\u201d news and<br \/>notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-espn-plus-fight-pass-events-schedule-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDominator\u201d is better. Two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes collides with surging contender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702,3194],"class_list":["post-169533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}