{"id":318566,"date":"2026-04-14T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=318566"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:07:40","slug":"carlos-ulbergs-coach-comments-on-speculation-of-a-feud-between-him-and-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/carlos-ulbergs-coach-comments-on-speculation-of-a-feud-between-him-and-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Ulberg\u2019s coach comments on speculation of a feud between him and Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-303746\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWs2azRtMzFf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">  <span>Follow us on Google Discover<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Over the past few days, fans have been speculating whether Carlos Ulberg and Israel Adesanya are still friends and teammates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday at UFC 327 in Miami, Carlos Ulberg pulled off the unthinkable when he knocked out Jiri Prochazka in the primary round while hobbling on one leg to turn into the brand new light heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"><\/figure>\n<p>After scoring one in every of the craziest title fight finishes of all time, \u2018Black Jag\u2019 could unfortunately be set for an extended day trip after seemingly tearing his ACL in the course of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>And with him having turn into the nineteenth light heavyweight champion, fans picked up on the proven fact that he hasn\u2019t been congratulated online by his longtime teammate, Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"2f0e647a-65e7-4b50-b67b-7f98c409d6fe\" data-story-name=\"UFC 327\" data-comment-id=\"a9d78557-6072-41e5-8b71-a26d9c067ccb\" data-story-slug=\"ufc-327\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-content\">\n<h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">It\u2019s time to settle the controversy! Was Jiri Prochazka taking mercy or was it just simply bad fight IQ?\ud83d\ude2c Tell us your thoughts!<\/h3>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Carlos Ulberg and his team usually are not completely happy with Prochazka&#8217;s claims that he &#8216;took mercy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Jiri Prochazka claimed he was being merciful towards Ulberg\" class=\"wp-image-303751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-912x1140.png 912w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/BE-1.png 1080w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"Jiri Prochazka claimed he was being merciful towards Carlos Ulberg. Credit: Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC\n\">Jiri Prochazka claimed he was being merciful towards Carlos Ulberg. Credit: Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eugene Bareman comments on speculation of Ulberg and Adesanya feud<\/h2>\n<p>Following Ulberg\u2019s title win, fans picked up on the proven fact that \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 was one in every of the one fighters at City Kickboxing to not congratulate him publicly.<\/p>\n<p>This led to fans digging deeper and realizing that the pair not follow one another on Instagram, further adding to the speculation.<\/p>\n<p>When Ulberg fought Dominick Reyes last September, Adesanya allegedly left the world before the fight and didn\u2019t post his response to the fight on his YouTube channel as he did with the opposite fights.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the continuing speculation, though, coach Eugene Bareman has attempted to squash the speculation, stating that the pair have been training together ahead of their recent fights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no (that\u2019s not a difficulty in camp),\u201d Bareman told Ariel Helwani <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/a_M7Mq9dhsY?si=VTtMq3fKdDX62T9x\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boys trained together leading as much as this camp, they trained together leading as much as Israel\u2019s fight. Look, in any gym there\u2019s all the time gonna be times whenever you\u2019re bumping heads with people, I\u2019ve had people sparring and training together they usually find yourself in a full blown fist fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t dap up and make friends until two weeks later. We usually are not playing chess or chequers, things occur, it\u2019s a physical and emotional sport, but yeah, the boys are all good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boys are getting on fantastic\u2026 They train together they usually were civil with one another through the camp it looks like whatever had happened is behind them they usually\u2019ve moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Ulberg punches Jiri Prochazka on the ground during their fight at UFC 327\" class=\"wp-image-303479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270933154-750x500.jpg 750w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 11: Carlos Ulberg of New Zealand, (R), punches Jiri Prochazka of Czechia in a light heavyweight title bout during UFC 327 at the Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)\">Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adesanya is currently on a disappointing 4 fight losing skid, but despite calls for him to retire, the 36-year-old is adamant that he&#8217;s going to proceed fighting in the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/04\/14\/carlos-ulbergs-coach-comments-on-speculation-of-a-feud-between-him-and-israel-adesanya\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our greatest Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on Google Discover Over the past few days, fans have been speculating whether Carlos Ulberg and Israel Adesanya are still friends and teammates. This past Saturday at UFC 327 in Miami, Carlos Ulberg pulled off the unthinkable when he knocked out Jiri Prochazka in the primary round while hobbling on one leg to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[11421,3809,835,2361,3697,11420,9714,50361],"class_list":["post-318566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-adesanya","tag-carlos","tag-coach","tag-comments","tag-feud","tag-israel","tag-speculation","tag-ulbergs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318569,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318566\/revisions\/318569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}