Carlos Ulberg
“Black Jag”
Carlos Ulberg is ranked 1st of 208 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and the UFC’s light heavyweight champion.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,1301st of 208 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.25Skill ahead of fame
▼ −0.04 in 30 days - Career phase
- DevelopingCareer-best FLR 2,136, 11 Apr 2026
- Record
- 14–1Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2026 | Won vs Jiri Prochazka TitleUFC 327 - Prochazka vs. Ulberg · KO (Punches), R1 | +29 |
| 27 Sept 2025 | Won vs Dominick ReyesUFC Fight Night 260 - Ulberg vs. Reyes · KO (Punches), R1 | +34 |
| 22 Mar 2025 | Won vs Jan BlachowiczUFC Fight Night 255 - Edwards vs. Brady · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Won vs Volkan OezdemirUFC Fight Night 248 - Yan vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +33 |
| 11 May 2024 | Won vs Alonzo MenifieldUFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento · KO (Punches), R1 | +51 |
| 9 Sept 2023 | Won vs Da Woon JungUFC 293 - Adesanya vs. Strickland · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +31 |
| 13 May 2023 | Won vs Ihor PotieriaUFC on ABC 4 - Rozenstruik vs. Almeida · TKO (Punches), R1 | +33 |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Nicolae NegumereanuUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · KO (Punches), R1 | +60 |
| 25 Jun 2022 | Won vs Tafon NchukwiUFC on ESPN 38 - Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · TKO (Punches), R1 | +88 |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Won vs Fabio CherantUFC 271 - Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +41 |
| 6 Mar 2021 | Lost to Kennedy NzechukwuUFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · KO (Punches), R2 | +39 |
| 4 Nov 2020 | Won vs Bruno OliveiraDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2020: Week 8 · KO (Punches), R1 | +143 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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