Jon Jones watched on as a brand new light heavyweight champion was crowned on Saturday night.
Carlos Ulberg stopped Jiri Prochazka in the primary round to record the most important win of his profession thus far and win the vacant 205-pound gold.
What made this result so impressive was the injury Ulberg suffered to his leg, which could keep him out of motion for the remainder of the 12 months and left him massively compromised early on.
Despite this, ‘Black Jag’ was in a position to discover a option to win, which clearly took ‘Bones’ by surprise.
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Jon Jones looked stunned in fast response to Carlos Ulberg stopping Jiri Prochazka at UFC 327
At UFC 327, it was announced that Gable Steveson has signed to the promotion, with him being shown in the course of the broadcast next to his MMA mentor, Jon Jones.
This meant that the previous light heavyweight champion was sitting within the front row for the fundamental event to crown a brand new titleholder within the division where he spent most of his profession.
Footage posted by TNT Sports earlier today showed Jones’ stunned response to Carlos Ulberg overcoming some serious adversity to grab victory from the jaws of defeat.
While Jones had two different light heavyweight title reigns, he never lost the belt in consequence of somebody beating him contained in the Octagon.
He vacated the belt back in 2020 when deciding to take some day off to work on making the move as much as heavyweight.
Since then, seven different fighters have held the 205-pound gold that Jones’ profession is so synonymous with.
Consequently of Ulberg’s recent win, his current streak of ten consecutive victories at light heavyweight is the second-longest within the history of the division.
Jones still holds the highest spot with 13 consecutive wins.
| UFC light heavyweight champions post Jon Jones | After they won the belt | Title defenses recorded |
| Jan Blackhowicz | UFC 253 – stopped Dominick Reyes to win vacant belt | 1 – Israel Adesanya |
| Glover Teixeira | UFC 267 – submitted Jan Blachowicz | None |
| Jiri Prochazka | UFC 275 – submitted Glover Teixeira | None |
| Jamahal Hill | UFC 283 – beat Glover Teixeira via decision to win vacant belt | None |
| Alex Pereira | UFC 295 – stopped Prochazka to win vacant belt | 3 – Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, Khalil Rountree Jr. |
| Magomed Ankalaev | UFC 313 – beat Pereira via decision | None |
| Alex Pereira | UFC 320 – stopped Ankalaev | None in second reign |
| Carlos Ulberg | UFC 327 – stopped Prochazka to win vacant belt | None as of yet |
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