Carlos Ulberg calls out former title challenger after extending successful streak to seven at UFC Macau

While Carlos ‘Black Jag’ Ulberg did not safe his sixth end beneath the UFC banner, the New Zealander was capable of prolong his successful streak to seven with a hard-fought victory over veteran Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Macau.

Following the unanimous determination victory out in China earlier as we speak, the favored Kiwi would name for a battle towards former UFC mild heavyweight title challenger, ‘The Struggle Horse’.

Carlos Ulberg calls out former UFC title challenger after win in Macau

Carlos Ulberg vs Volkan Oezdemir on the principle card of UFC Macau wasn’t precisely the barnburner that followers had been hoping for, nevertheless it was nonetheless an entertaining battle that performed out totally on the toes.

Ulberg was capable of management a lot of the bout together with his superior distance administration and when the time got here, cracked the Swiss veteran with some highly effective straight photographs; finally, the numerous strike stats learn 98-96 in favor of the Kiwi, as did the judges’ scorecards.

Regardless of the knockout shot eluding him, the battle went based on plan from begin to end as he told Maddyn Johnstone-Thomas that “the principle factor was for me to maintain my vary, make him miss and make him pay.

“I’m most pleased with having to make use of my proper hand this time, I’ve been utilizing the left hand to attempt to discover the knockout [before] however simply to remain targeted and go the complete three rounds towards a veteran within the recreation, I completed him at his personal recreation.”

While Ulberg didn’t get the possibility to name out anybody within the octagon, he did have one title in thoughts when he spoke with the UFC Information crew after its conclusion… ‘The Struggle Horse’.

“Clearly, Khalil had that chance final time so I believe for our subsequent step, my subsequent step can be towards somebody like Khalil Rountree Jr.”

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Rountree is coming off a troublesome fourth-round knockout loss to Alex Pereira and at present sits because the #6 ranked mild heavyweight on this planet – forward of Tuesday’s replace, ‘The Black Jag’ hunts from the #10 spot.

Ought to Rountree need some additional time to relaxation and get well from that Pereira battle, Ulberg famous that he’d like to make his return at UFC 312 in February 2025 – which takes place on the Qudos Financial institution Area in Sydney.

“It will be good, it’s all the time good to compete in entrance of our house followers but when anybody else nearer to the title can be able to battle me in such a brief area of time, yeah.”

Social media reacts to Carlos Ulberg going the space with Oezdemir

Volkan Oezdemir represented the most important check that Carlos Ulberg has confronted within the octagon up to now, one thing that isn’t misplaced on his supporters.

While the overwhelming majority of followers had the battle stepping into Ulberg’s favor, that isn’t to say that the worldwide MMA group was unanimously impressed together with his unanimous determination victory.

The truth is, there are numerous posts floating round social media suggesting that while Ulberg is Prime 10 materials, he isn’t fairly there on the subject of the higher echelon of the 205lb division.

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With the win at UFC Macau, Ulberg improves his skilled report to 11-1.

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