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Carlos Ulberg extended his winning streak to nine fights in the UFC Perth main event. \/ (Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n
Ankalaev took care of business in the first encounter in March to win the belt, halting Pereira\u2019s momentum and ushering in a new era at 205 pounds.<\/p>\n
Now, Ulberg will attempt to usher in a new chapter to his MMA story when he fights the Ankalaev-Pereira 2 winner down the line.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Dana White backs UFC’s long-term success in hard-hitting ’60 Minutes’ CBS special<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI would like for Ankalaev [to win],\u201d Ulberg said. \u201cI just feel he is a dominant opponent or someone in the light heavyweight division, he\u2019s been quite dominant.\u201d<\/p>\n Ulberg says he wants to be one of just two fighters to finish Ankalaev in his caree, while also respecting his overall skillset.<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to take him out so that when I do, it just means that no one has been able to beat him other than Paul Craig but me,\u201d Ulberg said. \u201cI want to do that. He\u2019s good. He\u2019s awesome and I want those challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n Ulberg says he\u2019s taking it one fight at a time, but he wants a title fight sooner than later.<\/p>\n Soon enough, Ulberg\u2019s career has a chance to take off in the coming months.<\/p>\n Sep 9, 2023; Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA; Carlos Ulberg (red gloves) celebrates after defeating Da Woon Jung (not pictured) during UFC 293 at Qudos Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasmin Frank-Imagn Images \/ Jasmin Frank-Imagn Images<\/p>\n “I told [Hunter Campbell] I am prepared to be a backup for next week,\u201d Ulberg told reporters.<\/a> “Fly 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 It would be quite a turn of events if Ulberg were to step in for Ankalaev or Pereira, as it would be just under a week’s notice since his stoppage win over Reyes.<\/p>\n Ulberg has won nine in a row dating to March 2021 with five of those coming by KO\/TKO. Out of those five, two of those have come within the last year or so, with a brief string of decosions sprinkled in.<\/p>\n For now, though, it appears consistency with Ulberg’s finishing ability is finally coming together.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Fighters slug it out in wild MMA brawl that ends with brutal walk-off KO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0JDM sees legendary potential with UFC 322 super fight against Islam Makhachev at MSG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Joe Rogan has brutal outlook on Dricus du Plessis regaining UFC title<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Alex Pereira sends chilling warning to Magomed Ankalaev ahead of UFC 320 rematch<\/a><\/p>\n Stick with\u00a0MMAKnockout<\/a>\u00a0for more FREE coverage of the UFC and MMA.<\/p>\n Follow MMAKnockout on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Ulberg continues to surge his way up the light heavyweight title ladder after knocking out Dominick Reyes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-178827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n