{"id":175243,"date":"2025-09-28T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175243\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:33:06","slug":"carlos-ulberg-headed-to-las-vegas-for-ufc-320-ready-for-backup-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175243\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Ulberg headed to Las Vegas for UFC 320, ready for backup duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Carlos Ulberg just scored the biggest win of his career on Sunday afternoon in Australia, and he\u2019s already angling to get in an even bigger fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ulberg made good use of his UFC Perth main event spot to show off his continued improvement, flattening a resurgent Dominick Reyes just four and a half minutes into their fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-espn-plus-fight-pass-events-schedule-mma\/391982\/watch-video-highlights-ufc-perth-results-espn-australia-ulberg-knockout-reyes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(highlights here).<\/a> Now he\u2019s headed to Las Vegas to sit cageside for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/23\/24472980\/ufc-320-fight-card-start-time-date-location-ankalaev-vs-pereira-2-las-vegas-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 320,<\/a> where light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev rematches former champion Alex Pereira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">And if one of those two fighters has to pull out for whatever reason? Ulberg will be ready to step in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI told [Hunter Campbell] I am prepared to be a backup for next week,\u201d the New Zealand fighter said at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-press-conference-video\/391993\/live-ufc-perth-post-fight-press-conference-live-stream-video-ulberg-vs-reyes-espn-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post-fight press conference.<\/a> \u201cFly me to Vegas and I\u2019ll be there. I am not going to eat or drink anything today. Go spend some time with the family and if need be, I\u2019ll be there to backup anyone for that title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There was no commitment given to that offer, other than a seat on Campbell\u2019s private jet back to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI\u2019m just putting it in the air,\u201d Ulberg said. \u201cBut I\u2019m definitely flying out there. Hunter said, \u2018Yep, you\u2019re going to jump on the private jet,\u2019 and we\u2019re going to be there. At least we\u2019re going to be there, and I said if need be, I\u2019ll keep my weight to a minimum and I\u2019ll be there. It\u2019s those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As it stands there seems like little chance a backup would be needed for UFC 320. Both Pereira and Ankalaev have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/390728\/alex-pereira-arrives-in-las-vegas-for-ufc-320-weighing-234-pounds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been in Las Vegas for a week already,<\/a> and both have talked about how they are healthy and ready to scrap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But with No. 2 ranked Jiri Prochazka fighting Khalil Rountree on the undercard, showing up and being visible in Las Vegas is a good way for Ulberg to make sure the world doesn\u2019t forget about his impressive performance down under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Ulberg just scored the biggest win of his career on Sunday afternoon in Australia, and he\u2019s already&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-175243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}