knocking out Jiri Prochazka with a Hail Mary punch to capture the vacant UFC light heavyweight title<\/a> in the most improbable way imaginable.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
In terms of come-from-behind performances where a fighter snatches victory from the jaws of defeat, few among UFC history stand up to what Ulberg just pulled off against a former champion like Prochazka, who carries a well-deserved reputation as one of the division\u2019s most dangerous strikers.<\/p>\n
“I blew out my knee, but I never, ever counted myself out,” Ulberg said in the cage after his win. “I knew that all I need was that one shot, and I ended up getting it.<\/p>\n
“I’ve got to sort this knee out, but I’m a world champion.”<\/p>\n
The abrupt result left not only Prochazka dumbfounded, but also countless fighters on the UFC roster, many of whom hailed Ulberg\u2019s work \u2014 and Prochazka\u2019s failure to capitalize \u2014 as a lesson in why it\u2019s never wise to let your foot off the gas in a high-level fist-fight.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou can learn things through direct or indirect experience,\u201d tweeted bantamweight contender Aiemann Zahabi, who fights Sean O\u2019Malley on the upcoming UFC White House card. \u201cTonight, every fighter on the roster learned the same lesson. \u201c<\/p>\n
Check out more reaction to Ulberg\u2019s incredible win below.<\/p>\n
For more on UFC 327, check out Uncrowned\u2019s fight night hub.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even Carlos Ulberg\u2019s peers couldn\u2019t believe what they watched Saturday night at UFC 327. Fighting on one leg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[75376,49,48,25099,641,48473,638,82,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-598545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-aiemann-zahabi","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-carlos-ulberg","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-jiri-prochazka","14":"tag-mma","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598545","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=598545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}