For many fighters, the opportunity to represent their country serves as their biggest motivation every time they step into the ring.

While winning the WBC Grand Prix would easily mark Carlos Utria's career-best accomplishment, it's about more than potentially winning the inaugural tournament - representing his beloved Colombia to the best of his abilities.

"Forget about the money, because what I'm looking for is way more valuable than any millions that I could ever earn winning the championship,” Utria told The Ring via translator.

"t's about making my country proud. If you look at the videos of how they received me, [it's] almost like a hero when I came back home.

"That's what it's all about and what I want, to leave my mark in history for my country, myself, and really obtain important things because of what they mean, not just because of what they get you."

Utria (13-0, 11 KOs) will face Mujibillo Tursunov (9-0, 2 KOs) in the WBC Grand Prix junior welterweight final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. From four finals matchups, the victor in each will receive $200,000 and the Jose Sulaimán trophy, along with a shot at a WBC ranking title.

The 22-year-old entered the tournament 9-0 with nine knockouts and has been nothing short of dominant, going 4-0 with two knockouts. Across his two six-round contests that went the distance, he won all but one round across the judges' scorecards and punched his ticket to the final with a first-round finish of Ntethelelo Nkosi on October 19.

"We prepared for the semi-final for three months — a very thorough training camp where we studied him in depth, and went over his many weaknesses," Utria said. "When I went into the fight, I was confident I could get him, perhaps in the second round. Once we got in there, I caught him cold and that's how the first round knockout came to be."

Uzbekistan's 26-year-old Tursunov, by contrast, has won each of his four fights by decision and edged a majority nod over previously-unbeaten Danylo Lozan to earn his final berth.

"We know he's an aggressive fighter," Utria said of Tursunov. "So we're going to manage our distance and set some traps in order to be able to counter effectively."

Utria stands as the lone fighter remaining from Colombia in the WBC Grand Prix. While that brings added pressure, it’s a feeling that he embraces heading into the biggest fight of his career to date.

"The pressure ratchets up, for sure," Utria said. "It feels so good to know that I carry the hopes of millions of Colombians, the expectations of my family, my friends and all that does is motivate me to turn that pressure into a dream come true and win on December 20."

Featherweight: Brandon Mejia (12-0, 10 KOs) vs. Muhamet Qamili (17-0-1, 8 KOs)

Middleweight: Dylan Biggs (17-1, 9 KOs) vs. Derek Pomeleau (15-0, 11 KOs)

Heavyweight: Kevin Ramírez (11-0-2, 4 KOs) vs. Ahmed Krnjić (7-0, 4 KOs)