Carlos Ulberg's victory at UFC 327 marked the 20th UFC championship win for fighters from Australia and New Zealand combined. The post argues this should be counted as 20 rather than the official 19 because Robert Whittaker's rematch with Yoel Romero should have remained a title fight for Whittaker despite Romero missing weight. When adjusted for population, Australia and New Zealand lead all regions with one UFC title win per 1.6 million people, ahead of North America (2.3 million), South America (6.3 million), Russia/CIS (8.3 million), and Western Europe (11.6 million). The analysis attributes these combat sports achievements to superior sports science infrastructure and cultural investment in athletics, citing comments from UFC Performance Institute director Roman Fomin about Australian sports science being among the world's best.
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