Content creator Adin Ross had money on Carlos Ulberg at UFC 327 on Saturday in Miami, Florida, and when Ulberg knocked out Jiří Procházka to claim the vacant light heavyweight title, Ross wasted no time making his feelings known. The internet personality turned a clear profit on the night and then turned his attention to critiquing the man he had been publicly calling his friend.
With Alex Pereira officially vacating the 205-pound (93 kg) light heavyweight title to move up in weight, it was Procházka, the former champion, taking on Carlos Ulberg in the main event. Ulberg had never competed for a UFC title before, and he ended up leaving Miami as the new champion.
Early in the first round, Ulberg’s knee buckled during an exchange, a development that Procházka recognized and immediately tried to exploit. He kept the matchup on the feet and continued attacking the leg, landing repeated kicks to the back of the knee that left Ulberg visibly compromised.
At one point, Ulberg collapsed off a kick of his own. With his back against the fence, barely able to support himself, he caught Procházka with a check left hook on the way in, put him on the canvas, and finished with follow-up ground strikes.
The referee waved it off at 3:45 of the first round. Ulberg suggested afterward that he had blown out his knee, yet he walked away as champion regardless.
Ross made no effort to conceal his financial stake in the result. “I’ve just won more money with Carlos,” he said in a recent broadcast. “I won 150 with Carlos. I would have won 100 with Jiri. So I won 50,000 more with Carlos.”
Ross and Procházka have been photographed together on multiple occasions, with Ross referring to the Czech MMA star a friend in public settings.
Ross followed his celebration with a take on where Procházka went wrong, arguing that the Czech contender had the tools to win but made a critical error in judgment by continuing to compete on a leg that was clearly compromised.
“Jiri had that match. He could have won,” Ross said. “I don’t understand why after you tear an ACL, bro, he tried putting weight on his back leg twice. Couldn’t do it. You kick him in the leg three, four more times.”
He also weighed in on the officiating, momentarily confusing himself on the referee’s name before correcting course: “Herb Dean or no, who’s the ref? Sorry. They’re calling the match, bro. Do you understand? Like, Jiri shouldn’t have done that.”
