Ulberg, new UFC gentle heavyweight champion, undergoes ACL surgical operation

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  • Brett OkamotoApr 17, 2026, 01:09 PM ET

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      Brett Okamoto has reported on blended martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has coated the entire greatest occasions in fight sports activities all the way through that point, together with in-depth interviews and lines with names corresponding to Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was once additionally a manufacturer at the 30 for 30 movie: “Chuck and Tito,” which seemed again on the careers and contention of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare time.

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UFC gentle heavyweight champion Carlos Ulberg has gone through knee surgical operation for a torn ACL in his proper leg following his identify win over JiYí Procházka at UFC 327 remaining weekend.

Ulberg (14-1) suffered the harm all the way through the primary spherical of Saturday’s 205-pound championship battle in Miami. The New Zealander nonetheless controlled to knock out Procházka with a left hook regardless of preventing on one leg. Ulberg posted concerning the surgical operation from Las Vegas this week, and his supervisor, Ash Belcastro, showed to Uncrowned that Ulberg tore the ACL.

The UFC has no longer introduced what’s going to occur to the sunshine heavyweight belt all the way through Ulberg’s restoration. The promotion has had a string of unlucky cases inside that department, together with 3 identify vacancies within the remaining 4 years. Procházka and Jamahal Hill vacated the belt because of accidents in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Not too long ago, Alex Pereira vacated the belt to transport as much as heavyweight in February.

Instantly after his loss at UFC 327, Procházka (32-6-1) claimed he felt “mercy” for Ulberg after the knee harm happened within the opening spherical, which ended in the loss. Procházka has already known as for a direct rematch. The department’s different extremely ranked contenders come with former champions Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz in addition to Khalil Rountree Jr.

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