Video: UFC champ Carlos Ulberg back on his feet less than a week after reconstructive knee surgery
TL;DR
UFC light heavyweight champion Carlos Ulberg is back on his feet just days after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery. He is already exercising his surgically-repaired knee following an injury sustained during the UFC 327 main event.
Key points
- Carlos Ulberg is the newly-crowned light heavyweight champion
- He underwent reconstructive knee surgery
- Ulberg is exercising his knee less than a week after surgery
- The injury occurred during the UFC 327 main event
- Surgery was performed to repair damage from the fight
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 12: Carlos Ulberg of New Zealand warms up prior to his fight during the UFC 281 event at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Chris Weidman ran so that Carlos Ulberg could walk.
The newly-crowned light heavyweight champion is back on his feet and exercising his surgically-repaired knee less than a week after surgery to undo the damage inflicted during the UFC 327 main event earlier this month at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
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Ulberg, 35, is expected to return to action in early 2027.
“He’s gonna stay in Vegas,” UFC CEO Dana White said at the UFC Winnipeg post-fight press conference. “He’s got the surgery, and he’s gonna start working at the PI. Apparently, where he lives in [New Zealand], he’s in a remote part of the country, so there isn’t much around him.”
“What we would do before we built the Performance Institute is we would get these guys surgeries with great doctors, and then they’d go home, and they wouldn’t do anything,” White explained. “They didn’t do any physical therapy or recovery. Now with the PI, that place has saved more fights and helped more athletes prolong their careers. We’ll get him in there, and see how fast he starts to recover. We always figure it out.”
No decision has been made on a possible interim title … yet.
Q&A
What injury did Carlos Ulberg sustain during UFC 327?
Carlos Ulberg suffered a knee injury during the UFC 327 main event, which required reconstructive surgery.
How soon after surgery is Carlos Ulberg back to exercising?
Carlos Ulberg is back on his feet and exercising less than a week after his knee surgery.
When did Carlos Ulberg undergo knee surgery?
Carlos Ulberg underwent knee surgery shortly after the UFC 327 event, which took place earlier this month.
