Carlos Ulberg is uncertain about the severity of his injury sustained during UFC 327, which may be an ACL tear. He could potentially face a year-long recovery, but no official diagnosis has been confirmed yet.
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Carlos Ulberg still doesnāt know how bad his injury from Saturdayās title fight is going to be.
The New Zealander pulled off one of the most unexpected knockouts of the year at UFC 327, overcoming what some doctors believe could be an ACL tear midway through the first round. Somehow, he managed to hit Jiri Prochazka with a left hook while standing on just one leg, but if reports are accurate, he could be out for up to a year.
Thankfully for Ulberg, who recently claimed the light-heavyweight title, thereās been no official diagnosis confirming a severe injury just yet. Unlike fellow winner Josh Hokit, who was rushed to hospital after his bout, Ulberg was able to stick around and take part in both the post-fight press conference and photos.
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Carlos Ulberg is still awaiting confirmation of the full extent of his injury after UFC 327. He hasnāt had a scan yet but knows thereās a possibility it could be a torn ACL.
He explained: āIt was just a freak accident. What happened was that I pushed off my leg and essentially it was just my knee that gave out and it caused a bit of vulnerability in the fightā¦ We donāt know for sure.ā
āWeāre just waiting and Iāll get the scans done when I arrive in Vegas this week and weāll know everything once thatās all done,ā he continued. āIāve never done the knee at all so I have no idea ā itās just swollen at the moment and itās hard to get up so thereās definitely something going on there.ā
āWhat is pain, eh? Itās swollen, it takes me a while now to get anywhere so Iām definitely walking like an old fellaā¦ It was just a freak accident, the knee felt like it was going in and out of the socket, it felt like a pain there and I couldnāt bear to put any weight on that leg.
āAny time I would push off the right foot or put any kind of weight on that leg and the pain I had to go through was unbearable.ā
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Carlos Ulberg may have sustained an ACL tear during his fight at UFC 327.
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