UFC 334's two title fights will get most of the attention Saturday, but three other bouts on the card carry real stakes of their own: a ranked middleweight contender facing his toughest step-up test, a welterweight knockout streak running into a dangerous veteran, and a 43-year-old fan favorite walking out for the final time. None of them are undercard filler.
Borralho vs. Belgaroui: a ranked contender's toughest gatekeeper test
Caio Borralho enters as the UFC's No. 6-ranked middleweight contender, a black belt in both Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai who rebounded from the first loss of his UFC career with a unanimous decision over Reinier de Ridder in March 2026. That loss snapped a 14-fight winning streak, which makes this fight less about whether Borralho belongs in the division's top tier and more about whether he can string wins together again against a live threat.
Yousri Belgaroui is that threat. The Dutch-Tunisian striker brings a Glory kickboxing pedigree and nine knockouts in eleven career wins, and all three of his career losses have come by decision — he has never been finished. He arrives on a three-fight UFC finishing streak of his own, most recently a first-round TKO at Noche UFC in September 2026. A win over a ranked contender would be the biggest result of his career; for Borralho, it's a chance to show the de Ridder win wasn't a ceiling. The full matchup breakdown covers how the styles are likely to play out.
Medic vs. Holland: a knockout streak meets a fighter who's actually ranked too
Uros Medic is the UFC's No. 9-ranked welterweight and riding a four-fight knockout streak, including a 30-second finish of Daniel Rodriguez in a homecoming headliner in Belgrade. All fourteen of his career wins have come by knockout or submission, and none of his three losses have gone to decision either — this is a fighter who finishes fights or gets finished, with almost no in-between.
What's easy to miss is that Kevin Holland isn't just a well-traveled veteran standing in the way of Medic's streak — he's the division's No. 14-ranked welterweight in his own right, by the UFC's own rankings. Holland has 14 knockouts and 9 submissions among his 29 career wins across more than a decade competing at both welterweight and middleweight, and he's shown he can absorb power and keep fighting. A finish by either man carries ranking weight, not just highlight value, and that makes this one of the more consequential fights on the entire card outside the two title bouts. The matchup page breaks down the stylistic clash in more depth.
Thompson vs. Radtke: Stephen Thompson's chosen farewell
Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson is 43 years old and has said this is his final UFC fight, and he personally picked Charles Radtke as his final opponent. Thompson's switch-stance karate striking has made him a UFC fan favorite for more than a decade, built on point-karate footwork and a style that's drawn comparisons to almost nobody else on the current roster. He dropped a split decision to Gabriel Bonfim in his last outing, in July 2025, so this isn't a tune-up walk — it's a real fight that happens to also be a sendoff.
Radtke isn't there to make up the numbers. He's won his last two fights, most recently a unanimous decision over Francisco Prado in April 2026, with five of his twelve career wins by knockout and three by submission — a balanced finisher who, by his own account, was chosen for this spot rather than placed in it. A win for Radtke would be the best of his career regardless of who it came against; a loss for Thompson wouldn't erase a career that's outlasted most of his peers, but a win lets a fan favorite leave on his own terms in his home sport. The fight page has the full breakdown of both fighters' styles heading in.
Why these three and not the rest of the card
UFC 334 runs 13 fights total, and several others have their own appeal — a four-fight knockout streak for Drew Dober, an undefeated prospect in Bilal Hasan, the UFC's all-time leader in fights, Jim Miller, meeting a finisher with zero decision wins in Terrance McKinney. Any of those could headline a slower week. These three stood out because each one answers a genuinely open question: whether a ranked contender's ceiling is higher than one bad night suggested, whether a streak and a ranking collide to mean something for the welterweight picture, and whether a fan favorite gets to leave the sport exactly the way he wants to.
Where to see the rest
The complete lineup, odds, and matchup breakdowns for every fight on the card — including the two title fights at the top — are on the UFC 334 card page. The main event between Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit settles a changing of the guard at heavyweight, and the co-main between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes is its own legacy fight, but neither one needs these three undercard bouts to justify tuning in early.
The takeaway
A UFC card's two title fights are built to sell the broadcast, but they're rarely the only fights worth watching start to finish. At UFC 334, a ranked middleweight looking to prove his de Ridder win wasn't a fluke, a welterweight knockout streak running into another ranked fighter, and a 43-year-old legend closing the book on his own terms give Saturday's card three more reasons to show up before the main event walks out.