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Ulberg (14-1) traded leather with Jiri Prochazka for the vacant light heavyweight title at UFC 327 earlier this month in Miami. Ulberg evidently compromised his knee early in the fight, and victory seemed to be a mere inevitability for Prochazka. However, “Black Jag” caught Prochazka with a clean combo and finished him to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat.
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Six days later, Ulberg underwent surgery for a torn ACL in his right knee. This led to concern about Ulberg potentially having to vacate his title due to inactivity. However, the Kiwi is recovering impressively at the UFC Performance Institute, under the supervision of Dr. Heather Linden, UFC’s vice president of sports medicine. Ulberg is happy with the progress in his recovery. While Ulberg initially expected to take six to eight months to fully recover, he hinted that he might recover faster.
Healing Fast
“I’ve done the groundwork, mentally, years ago, so I know how to put myself in the right mind frame,” Ulberg told the UFC. “Working with the PI, the staff have been amazing. Just real positive about the progress and the rehab. So yeah, it’s an ACL. We went into the surgery thinking that, ‘Hey, this could be saved between six to eight months or so longer for some,’ but with the progress that we’ve got at the moment, it’s only been a week now, and we’re moving pretty good. I think we’ve got a good formula going, and the body’s healing really fast.”
Ulberg is undefeated in 10 straight outings with seven finishes, since his lone career loss in his UFC debut in 2021.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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