New UFC champ Carlos Ulberg confirms torn ACL suffered in stunning UFC 327 title win: 'He snapped it'

Carlos Ulberg did indeed win the title on one leg. The new UFC light heavyweight champion suffered a torn ACL in the opening minutes of his UFC 327 main-event bout against Jiri Prochazka, Ulberg’s manager Ash Belcastro confirmed to Uncrowned’s Ariel Helwani on Friday.

“He snapped it,” Belcastro told Uncrowned.

Ulberg additionally experienced bone bruising and tibia damage due to the fact that he was fighting for several minutes with a torn ACL, per Belcastro.

Ulberg underwent surgery Thursday on his injured knee, less than a week after his stunning title win. Belcastro said the procedure “went really well,” per Ulberg’s doctors, and noted that Ulberg is “dedicated to getting back as soon as he can.”

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