Appreciate some ATO's include an element of UPRT in the initial type rating stage but not much.
The problem with simulators is that they do a poor job of UPRT. The motion is not representative of the real manoeuvres and the UPRT I have done has been of poor value. There is no substitute for real hands on practice at the early stages.
As an RAF pilot, I was subjected to lots of such training at an early stage. Although some of the manoeuvres are not necessarily relevant to modern commercial operations, the basics are. I frequently surprised sitting next to some pilots that they have never seen extreme attitudes for real - 60 degrees angle of bank is their limit. My company trains a lot of pilots through a cadet scheme. They all get 5 hours in an aerobatic aircraft learning how to recover from extreme attitudes and are better pilots for it. This is a company initiative and not a regulatory one.