The UFC heads to Perth for the first time in February and local fighter Jack Becker says it would be “crazy” for them not to have a Western Australian on the card.

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Becker fights for the Hex Fight Series lightweight belt on Friday, and will be hoping for an eye-catching win to stake his claim for a place at UFC 221.

“Every time I fight I want to put a show on and make people remember who I am and ask questions about where I come from,” Becker told Sporting News.

“This one more so than others because there’s a little bit more going on with the UFC around Australia.

“I’m not getting my hopes up too much and I don’t want to seem like I’m getting ahead of myself, but there’s a Perth UFC next year and it’d be crazy not to put someone from Perth on that card.”

None of the 14 Aussies currently on the UFC roster are from WA.

The 24-year-old Becker, who has an undefeated professional record of 9-0, recognises that it’s a matter of consistently chalking up wins in front of as many eyes as possible.

“If I’m out in Australia, fighting the best guys and doing well, I’d like to think that someone would put my name towards that and say ‘look, this guy's doing well’ and whether or not they want to consider that is up to them, but I’d like to think that as far as Perth fighters go, I'd be at the top.”

Becker’s next chance to get noticed is in Melbourne on Friday night, when he takes on 33-year-old champion Callan Potter for Hex gold.

Potter has finished all of his 15 professional wins, 10 by submission, but Becker is confident he has the tools to handle the Victorian.

“I’ve known about this fight for quite a while so I’ve been training very specific for it.

“I’ve seen the way he’s beating people and that was what pushed me to want to take that fight and push that fight on him.

“The way that he’s beating people, he can’t do that to me.”

Becker, who trains under Habby Heske at Mach1 Fight Club, won’t be the only one in the shop window at Melbourne Pavilion, with two other titles on the line.

Light heavyweight champ Jimmy Crute will defend his strap against Steven Warby, while Kiwi whirlwind Israel Adesanya will take on Stu Dare for the inaugural middleweight belt.

Tune into Fox Sports from 8:30pm on Friday for all the action.