{"id":61012,"date":"2025-10-05T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/61012\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:33:07","slug":"ufc-320-carlos-ulberg-open-to-winner-of-jiri-prochazka-v-khalil-rountree-jnr-if-needed-to-cement-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/61012\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 320: Carlos Ulberg open to winner of Jiri Prochazka v Khalil Rountree jnr if needed to cement title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\u201cOf course, I want that title shot. But if I have to, I\u2019ll take out the winner of Khalil and Jiri just to prove a point and leave no doubt,\u201d Ulberg said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can run that fight as soon as possible. I\u2019m the new man on the block, riding a nine-fight win streak in the UFC, fresh off a historic win last week. I\u2019ll beat anyone they put in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ulberg, 34, is the only athlete ranked inside the top six in the UFC\u2019s light heavyweight division who is yet to fight for the title.<\/p>\n
His last three wins have all been against former title holders or challengers, while his win over Reyes showed his ability to finish fights at the top end of the division.<\/p>\n
Speaking to UFC on Sky earlier this week through a translator, Ankalaev said he would welcome a meeting with Ulberg as his next assignment, should he get the better of Pereira for a second time this afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s fresh blood in the division … I would love to put him to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christopher Reive<\/a> joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOf course, I want that title shot. But if I have to, I\u2019ll take out the winner of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[50209,12230,1121,50215,50217,50218,9858,50211,3038,50213,6804,130,23362,111,139,69,1118,6029,5493,50212,15147,50214,10117,50216,213,2563,61,4306,50210,10508],"class_list":["post-61012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-50209","tag-carlos","tag-case","tag-cement","tag-firmly","tag-heavyweight","tag-if","tag-jiri","tag-jnr","tag-khalil","tag-light","tag-more","tag-needed","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-once","tag-open","tag-prochazka","tag-prove","tag-rountree","tag-shot","tag-sights","tag-sports","tag-title","tag-to","tag-ufc","tag-ulberg","tag-winner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61012","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=61012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}