New Zealand’s Carlos Ulberg earns 2nd UFC win, beats Cameroon’s Tafon Nchukwi in Nevada – Readabiography

Carlos “Black Jag” Ulberg, 31, of Auckland, New Zealand was one of many winners on the Final Preventing Championship occasion “UFC on ESPN 38“, often known as “UFC Vegas 57“. It was the second UFC win of the German-Māori-Samoan blended martial artist.

That includes 12 matches, “UFC Vegas 57” was held at UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, United States on June 25, 2022. Within the sixth bout of the night, Ulberg fought Tafon “Da Don” Nchukwi, 27, of Bamenda, Cameron within the gentle heavyweight division.

Referee Herb Dean ended the sunshine heavyweight contest after 1 minute and 15 seconds within the first spherical. Ulberg was declared the winner by way of technical knockout by way of punches.

The victory improved Ulberg’s skilled MMA document to five wins and 1 loss. Then again, Nchukwi now has 6 wins and three losses.

Coaching at Metropolis Kickboxing in Auckland, Ulberg made his skilled MMA debut on August 26, 2011 at “King of the Door: Submission 2” in Auckland the place he defeated his fellow Aucklander Kaota Puna by way of technical knockout. After occurring hiatus from 2012 to 2017, he made a comeback on December 8, 2018 and defeated John Martin Fraser, 29, of Wales, Swansea by way of unanimous resolution at “Everlasting MMA 40” in Perth, Australia.

In 2019, Ulberg went on hiatus once more. On November 4, 2020, he knocked out Bruno Oliveira, 37, of Sal Paulo, Brazil at “Dana White’s Contender Collection” Contender Collection 2020 Week 8 on the UFC Apex in Enterprise.

When Ulberg made his UFC debut at “UFC 259” on the UFC Apex on March 6, 2021, he was knocked out by Kennedy “African Savage” Nzechukwu, 29, of Dallas, Texas. On February 12, 2022, Ulberg earned his first UFC win by beating Fabio “The Water Buffalo” Cherant, 27, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA by way of unanimous resolution at “UFC 271” in Houston, Texas, USA.

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In 1994, Ulberg began dwelling with a foster household in Auckland. Earlier than turning into a UFC fighter, he competed in rugby, boxing and kickboxing.

As a kickboxer, Ulberg was King within the Ring‘s heavyweight champion in 2017 and cruiserweight champion in 2019. He competed in “Sport Of Bros” Season 2 in 2017 and competed once more within the third season in 2018 together with boxer David Letele, 42, and MMA fighter Kai “Don’t Blink” Kara-France, 28, who’re additionally each from Auckland.