{"id":375521,"date":"2026-04-12T05:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375521\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:32:08","slug":"one-legged-carlos-ulberg-wins-ufc-heavyweight-title-by-miracle-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375521\/","title":{"rendered":"One-legged Carlos Ulberg wins UFC heavyweight title by miracle knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4JQBDPY_GettyImages_2270933161_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Carlos Ulberg of New Zealand, (R), punches Jiri Prochazka of Czechia in a light heavyweight title bout during UFC 327 at the Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nCarlos Ulberg became the first Kiwi to claim the UFC light-heavyweight belt.<br \/>\nPhoto: Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images\n<\/p>\n<p>King Carlos has his crown.<\/p>\n<p>Kiwi Carlos Ulberg is the new UFC light-heavyweight champion, after knocking out Ji\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka in round one, while on one leg.<\/p>\n<p>Ulberg blew out his knee, after stepping back and landing awkwardly, and was clearly compromised, as he hobbled around the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Proch\u00e1zka did not attack the knee, but instead opted to enter a firefight, a decision he said he regretted in his post-fight interview.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech implied he showed mercy on Ulberg before the finish, but none was shown in return, as Ulberg swung for the fences and stunned the world.<\/p>\n<p>With one final desperation shot, Ulberg landed a picture-perfect check left hook, landing flush on the jaw of Proch\u00e1zka.<\/p>\n<p>The lights were instantly shut off, Ulberg&#8217;s follow-up barrage academic, as his miracle killshot had already done the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Ulberg becomes the first fighter from Aotearoa to claim the light-heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>See how the event unfolded below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Ulberg became the first Kiwi to claim the UFC light-heavyweight belt. Photo: Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images King Carlos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-375521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}