Carlos Ulberg provides UFC 327 injury update after fears he could be ruled out until 2027

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Carlos Ulberg provides UFC 327 injury update after fears he could be ruled out until 2027

Originally posted on Bloody Elbow | By Donagh Corby | Last updated Apr 14, 2026 9:40 AM ET

Carlos Ulberg is still not sure just how severe his injury from Saturday night’s title fight is going to end up being.

The New Zealander landed one of the most unlikely of knockouts at UFC 327 as he overcame what some doctors believe could be an ACL tear midway through the first round. He somehow managed to hit Jiri Prochazka with a left hook on one leg, but he could face a year on the sidelines if reports are correct.

Fortunately for the newly-crowned light-heavyweight champion he has yet to be officially diagnosed with an injury that severe. He was also able to pose for photos and participate in the post-fight press conference, as opposed to being rushed to hospital like fellow winner Josh Hokit.

Carlos Ulberg has yet to have his injury officially diagnosed after UFC 327

As of his appearance on Monday’s episode of The Ariel Helwani Show on Uncrowned, Carlos Ulberg has yet to have his leg scanned. He is aware of concerns that he has suffered a torn ACL, but has yet to receive official confirmation.

“It was just a freak accident,” he said of the injury. “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 fight… We don’t know for sure.

“We’re just waiting and I’ll get the scans done when I arrive in Vegas this week and we’ll know everything once that’s all done… I’ve never done the knee at all so I have no idea – it’s just swollen at the moment and it’s hard to get up so there’s definitely something going on there.

“What is pain, eh? It’s swollen, it takes me a while now to get anywhere so I’m definitely walking like an old fella… 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 couldn’t bear to put any weight on that leg.

“Any 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.”

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