Carlos Ulberg punched his ticket into the sunshine heavyweight rankings Saturday with an announcement efficiency in opposition to Alonzo Menifield at UFC on ESPN 56
Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) wanted simply 12 seconds to catch and badly rock an incoming Menifield (15-4-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC). It was a frantic scene, however just a few extra punches and the sunshine heavyweight bout at Enterprise Heart in St. Louis was over earlier than many individuals realized it had started.
It was tied for the third-fastest end in 205-pound historical past, and you may watch the replay under (through X):
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ā ESPN MMA (@espnmma) Could 12, 2024
The efficiency from Ulberg prolonged his successful streak to 6 fights. Heās prone to have a spot within the official UFC rankings subsequent week, and stated heās coming for the highest 10 names.
āWe did count on one thing like that, and he did catch me, however you wake a lion up,ā Ulberg stated in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. āI do know Iām ranked now. ā¦ Anybody in that prime 10, Iāll destroy anybody in my approach.ā
Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 56 outcomes embrace:
- Carlos Ulberg def. Alonzo Menifield through knockout (punches) ā Spherical 1, 0:12
- Diego Ferreira def. Mateusz Rebecki through TKO (strikes) ā Spherical 3, 4:51
- Sean Woodson def. Alex Caceres through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Robelis Despaigne through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Chase Hooper def. Viacheslav Borshchev through submission (DāArce choke) ā Spherical 2, 3:00
- Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney through knockout (head kick) ā Spherical 1, 0:37
- Tabatha Ricci def. Tecia Pennington through break up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Trey Waters def. Billy Goff through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Charles Johnson def. Jake Hadley through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Veronica Hardy def. JJ Aldrich through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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