November 19, 2024 • 8 mins
Mixed martial artist Carlos Ulberg is trusting the process after a 2024 where he's seen limited action in the UFC octagon.
The light heavyweight takes on Swiss fighter Volkan Oezdemir in Macau this weekend - which will be just his second fight of the year.
Ulberg - who is the 10th-ranked fighter in his division - isn't discouraged by the lack of fight time and wants a title shot against Alex Pereira.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldegrave
from News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Fight Night Macau is on its way this weekend and
Carlos Alberg is going to be there black Jack. Welcome
to the show. I trust you all well and looking
forward to it.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Cheers, bro, thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It's it is nice to be here in Macaw, a
different city, of different country and my first time here.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
It is a massive version of Las Vegas.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
So I've yet to go out and see it, but
from my window here it looks like a.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Wow, it's amazing. It's definitely made of money.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
So you've just been stuck in the gym ther whole
time you've been there?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Right, Well, I've only arrived last week last night, so
I've kind of just got some rest.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I just woke up kind of unpacking things.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
And now you've you've, you've, you've, you know, we're having
a nice chat now, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Ready to roll. Tell me about your pime role because
this has been quite some time. When did you last fight?
Was that twelve seconds scrap back in May? Wasn't it
against men infield? You've been sitting around doing not a
great deal.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
That's what you think. Both I've been in the gym,
man gym, been in the gym.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
I mean yeah, well yeah, not a good fight against
against I want to say me with it, but the
minifield minifield and which which set us up really well.
So now you know, I went back to the drawing ball,
went back to the gym, worked on a few things.
I was set up to fight a night again, but
a few injuries and things like that put us back.
(01:47):
So and that happens in the fight games. A lot
of our injuries come from come from training. So most
of the time we go into a fight with minor
and bigger injuries, as you may have known. So these
things happen. And now we've got a big fight against Ismer.
So you know, I've kind of premeditated thing. And now
(02:07):
we're here. We are here.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It's been six months. I that's a reasonable long time.
And you see you going away to work on some stuff.
You Alonso got wiped out in twelve seconds. I mean,
what can you take from a fight like that, Carlos?
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah, bro, but six months.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
But see the thing is, it's it's the thing of
people don't see is you have a quick fight like that.
But it's the training everything, all the all the stresses
come from the training. So we usually have a twelve
week fight camp, whether it be nine to twelve week
fight camp, and that's four to five trainings every single day,
(02:47):
no days rest. So if you can imagine what can
that can do to the bodies so and the mind.
And you don't get to do much time with the family,
So your your sacrifice sacrificing time with family, time with friends,
time going out and enjoying dinners. And while everyone's enjoying
their Christmas and birthdays and weddings and things like that,
(03:10):
you're having to go to the gym and sacrifice your
body and put it on the line for for a.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Big fight in the future.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
So that's what I've been doing, man, just putting myself away,
hiding myself and in the dungeon and and getting myself
to the gym and back and putting some hard yacker
and man, that's all it comes down to.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Well, it's fine night, big night over mcow. As you said,
it's Team V eight. This guy vulcan Usami twenty and seven.
What do you know about what he brings to the octagon, Carloss.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Man, he is, he possesses power. He's he's on a
good wind streak right now.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
He's he's, he's a knockout artist, just like myself. So
you can expect us to bang like there's no tomorrow,
that's for sure. But he's he's, he's, he's a smart guy.
He's not gonna go in there and blow us load.
He's an experienced guy. He's been in there with some
of the best guys and been in the top ten
(04:08):
for quite some time now, So he's he's not going
to go in there and and swing or willy nilly.
But uh, he's he does possess that power, So you've
got to be careful if guys like this. You know,
he's strong on the ground, and then he's also got
he's got the touch of he's got the touch of
death too.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So yeah, it's a.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Fight that a lot of the fans are gonna a
lot they're gonna love it.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
That's all I can see.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Basically, Gus, he's on a streak. You're on a streak
as well, though, so you'd be feeling very confident about
where you're seated right now.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Definitely, confidence does come from the training.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
The dumb confidence comes from the workload that you put
in the training. So in this last fight camp, you know,
definitely worked hard. So and and I have faith and
confidence within myself anyway, So whenever I walk into that octagon,
I make that walk and the cage doors are locked,
(05:02):
I ask for my ancestors to join me. And that's
all it comes down to. And there and you know
they they fight with me.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Man.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
So I've got a good country behind me, and that's
all I ask for is your prayers and your and
your faith and the country behind me is all you know,
This is what's going to get me through.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
What's your reward, Carlos Alberg? Should you dismiss this guy,
and however you do, it doesn't really matter as long
as he's gone, what happens next? You know where you're going?
Should you get the number eight out of your way?
Are were getting closer to a title?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Man?
Speaker 4 (05:33):
That's the light heavyweight division, and a lot of guys
are talking, a lot of a lot of the fight
fans over here in the States and and uh and
also on that side of the world definitely looking at
a fight against Petta very soon. So we get this
fight out the way, then we could be looking at
and at a at a good surprise sometime next year.
(05:55):
So we're definitely we're definitely one of the favorites in
there too. Well, whether it be myself or Volcan, there's
a lot of talk, you know that people are saying enough,
you know, Vulcan gets this win, which you want, gets
this win, then he will be up against Petter the
next and obviously that goes to myself as well.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
So this is a great decider, great decider.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I mean, we've We've also got Unclelive who's a tough fighter,
and he's he's worked his way up towards towards being
to get in this fight against Peetta. But I think
a lot of the fans and a lot of you know,
the fight fans are wanting to fight with me and
and poor times so and I respect the guy. I
think he's a great warrior and good person inside and outside. Aftergon,
(06:44):
so I'd love to I'd love to touch gloves with someone
like him.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
What Covid smell Hill. It's quite the list, isn't there.
It's a keenly contested division. The light heavyweights. I suppose
you can't pick and choose, can you? You are what
you are, your way you want your way right man.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And you can't.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
You're in there.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
You're in there with some of the best guys.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
And you know in the light heavyweight division is as
guys who got the heavyweight power, but then also they've
got the welter weight speed. So these guys a tough man.
So yeah, preparing for some like guys like this is
a tough ask.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
And finally, thanks so much for joining us, carl Als.
Who have you got in your corner? You've got a
crow over there helping you out on maccount.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yeah. Man, we do have some friends who have come along,
and then we've got some friends from the States and
back home obviously, but Macaw is a tough place to
get to.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
It was a it was a what twenty seven hour
cruise the cruise around here.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
But we've got We've got Andre, We've got Tristan on
our in our corners, and I trust those guys and
UH with their faith and trust, we'll get there.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
We'll get there. We're going to get the wins. So
let's get a new zealand love your.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
For more from sports Talk, listen live to news talks.
They'd be from seven pm weekdays. We'll follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio,
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldegrave
from News Talk ZB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Fight Night Macau is on its way this weekend and
Carlos Alberg is going to be there black Jack. Welcome
to the show. I trust you all well and looking
forward to it.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Cheers, bro, thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It's it is nice to be here in Macaw, a
different city, of different country and my first time here.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
It is a massive version of Las Vegas.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
So I've yet to go out and see it, but
from my window here it looks like a.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Wow, it's amazing. It's definitely made of money.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
So you've just been stuck in the gym ther whole
time you've been there?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Right, Well, I've only arrived last week last night, so
I've kind of just got some rest.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I just woke up kind of unpacking things.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
And now you've you've, you've, you've, you know, we're having
a nice chat now, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Ready to roll. Tell me about your pime role because
this has been quite some time. When did you last fight?
Was that twelve seconds scrap back in May? Wasn't it
against men infield? You've been sitting around doing not a
great deal.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
That's what you think. Both I've been in the gym,
man gym, been in the gym.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
I mean yeah, well yeah, not a good fight against
against I want to say me with it, but the
minifield minifield and which which set us up really well.
So now you know, I went back to the drawing ball,
went back to the gym, worked on a few things.
I was set up to fight a night again, but
a few injuries and things like that put us back.
(01:47):
So and that happens in the fight games. A lot
of our injuries come from come from training. So most
of the time we go into a fight with minor
and bigger injuries, as you may have known. So these
things happen. And now we've got a big fight against Ismer.
So you know, I've kind of premeditated thing. And now
(02:07):
we're here. We are here.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It's been six months. I that's a reasonable long time.
And you see you going away to work on some stuff.
You Alonso got wiped out in twelve seconds. I mean,
what can you take from a fight like that, Carlos?
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah, bro, but six months.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
But see the thing is, it's it's the thing of
people don't see is you have a quick fight like that.
But it's the training everything, all the all the stresses
come from the training. So we usually have a twelve
week fight camp, whether it be nine to twelve week
fight camp, and that's four to five trainings every single day,
(02:47):
no days rest. So if you can imagine what can
that can do to the bodies so and the mind.
And you don't get to do much time with the family,
So your your sacrifice sacrificing time with family, time with friends,
time going out and enjoying dinners. And while everyone's enjoying
their Christmas and birthdays and weddings and things like that,
(03:10):
you're having to go to the gym and sacrifice your
body and put it on the line for for a.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Big fight in the future.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
So that's what I've been doing, man, just putting myself away,
hiding myself and in the dungeon and and getting myself
to the gym and back and putting some hard yacker
and man, that's all it comes down to.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Well, it's fine night, big night over mcow. As you said,
it's Team V eight. This guy vulcan Usami twenty and seven.
What do you know about what he brings to the octagon, Carloss.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Man, he is, he possesses power. He's he's on a
good wind streak right now.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
He's he's, he's a knockout artist, just like myself. So
you can expect us to bang like there's no tomorrow,
that's for sure. But he's he's, he's, he's a smart guy.
He's not gonna go in there and blow us load.
He's an experienced guy. He's been in there with some
of the best guys and been in the top ten
(04:08):
for quite some time now, So he's he's not going
to go in there and and swing or willy nilly.
But uh, he's he does possess that power, So you've
got to be careful if guys like this. You know,
he's strong on the ground, and then he's also got
he's got the touch of he's got the touch of
death too.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So yeah, it's a.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Fight that a lot of the fans are gonna a
lot they're gonna love it.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
That's all I can see.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Basically, Gus, he's on a streak. You're on a streak
as well, though, so you'd be feeling very confident about
where you're seated right now.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Definitely, confidence does come from the training.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
The dumb confidence comes from the workload that you put
in the training. So in this last fight camp, you know,
definitely worked hard. So and and I have faith and
confidence within myself anyway, So whenever I walk into that octagon,
I make that walk and the cage doors are locked,
(05:02):
I ask for my ancestors to join me. And that's
all it comes down to. And there and you know
they they fight with me.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Man.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
So I've got a good country behind me, and that's
all I ask for is your prayers and your and
your faith and the country behind me is all you know,
This is what's going to get me through.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
What's your reward, Carlos Alberg? Should you dismiss this guy,
and however you do, it doesn't really matter as long
as he's gone, what happens next? You know where you're going?
Should you get the number eight out of your way?
Are were getting closer to a title?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Man?
Speaker 4 (05:33):
That's the light heavyweight division, and a lot of guys
are talking, a lot of a lot of the fight
fans over here in the States and and uh and
also on that side of the world definitely looking at
a fight against Petta very soon. So we get this
fight out the way, then we could be looking at
and at a at a good surprise sometime next year.
(05:55):
So we're definitely we're definitely one of the favorites in
there too. Well, whether it be myself or Volcan, there's
a lot of talk, you know that people are saying enough,
you know, Vulcan gets this win, which you want, gets
this win, then he will be up against Petter the
next and obviously that goes to myself as well.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
So this is a great decider, great decider.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
I mean, we've We've also got Unclelive who's a tough fighter,
and he's he's worked his way up towards towards being
to get in this fight against Peetta. But I think
a lot of the fans and a lot of you know,
the fight fans are wanting to fight with me and
and poor times so and I respect the guy. I
think he's a great warrior and good person inside and outside. Aftergon,
(06:44):
so I'd love to I'd love to touch gloves with someone
like him.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
What Covid smell Hill. It's quite the list, isn't there.
It's a keenly contested division. The light heavyweights. I suppose
you can't pick and choose, can you? You are what
you are, your way you want your way right man.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And you can't.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
You're in there.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
You're in there with some of the best guys.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
And you know in the light heavyweight division is as
guys who got the heavyweight power, but then also they've
got the welter weight speed. So these guys a tough man.
So yeah, preparing for some like guys like this is
a tough ask.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
And finally, thanks so much for joining us, carl Als.
Who have you got in your corner? You've got a
crow over there helping you out on maccount.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yeah. Man, we do have some friends who have come along,
and then we've got some friends from the States and
back home obviously, but Macaw is a tough place to
get to.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
It was a it was a what twenty seven hour
cruise the cruise around here.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
But we've got We've got Andre, We've got Tristan on
our in our corners, and I trust those guys and
UH with their faith and trust, we'll get there.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
We'll get there. We're going to get the wins. So
let's get a new zealand love your.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
For more from sports Talk, listen live to news talks.
They'd be from seven pm weekdays. We'll follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio,
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