Jiri Prochazka has bigger fish to fry than Jamahal Hill. After coming up short in a light heavyweight title clash against Alex Pereira in November, ‘BPJ’ bounced back in a big way, scoring another epic highlight-reel finish against Aleksandar Rakic in the featured prelim at UFC 300. The finishing sequence to Jiri Prochazka vs. Aleksandar
Five months removed from a devastating loss to UFC 300 headliner Alex Pereira, former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka returned to the Octagon on Saturday night seeking a big win over division standout Aleksandar Rakic. The bout, which could prove to be a 205-pound title eliminator, will be the first for Rakic since suffering a
Aleksandar Rakic has heard enough about Jiri Prochazka’s “fake samurai” persona. Rakic will return to the Octagon for the first time since suffering a leg injury in the third round of his scrap with former champion Jan Blachowicz nearly two years ago. Another ex-titleholder in the light heavyweight division- Jiri Prochazka- will be standing in
Alex Pereira thinks Jiri Prochazka is a better overall fighter than Jamahal Hill “Poatan” reiterated that UFC 301 is still realistically possible Alex Pereira compared Jamahal Hill with Jiri Prochazka ahead of UFC 300 and talked about his plan to fight at UFC 301. Jiri is better than Jamahal Speaking to Shak MMA, “Poatan” assessed
Jiri Prochazka is ready to bounce back from his first UFC loss and potentially secure a light heavyweight title shot. In November 2023, Prochazka returned from a severe shoulder injury and looked to reclaim the vacant light heavyweight throne by defeating Alex Pereira. Unfortunately for the Czech Republic native, Pereira proved too much in the
Aleksandar Rakic blasted Jiri Prochazka for boasting about being a samurai “Rocket” is confident that he could compete for the title after beating “BJP” Aleksandar Rakic insists that Jiri Prochazka knows nothing about being a samurai and is just faking it to attract fans. A fake samurai Speaking to Michael Bisping, Rakic backed his claim
UFC CEO Dana White has announced several new fights on Thursday night. White took to his social media account to reveal some key fights for the first quarter of 2024, as well as announcing three fights for UFC 300. Fight announcements:Feb 17th, #UFC298Feb 24th, #UFCMexicoMarch 30th, #UFCAtlanticCityApril 13th, #UFC300 pic.twitter.com/vcJYI3rekl — danawhite (@danawhite) December 22,
Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker believes Marc Goddard made the right call by stopping Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka when he did. In the second round, Pereira had Prochazka hurt and then was landing some heavy elbows alongside the Octagon. After Prochazka fell to the ground, Pereira landed some more strikes and Goddard stopped
Josh Thomson thinks Jamahal Hill presents more threats to Alex Pereira than Jiri Prochazka. On Saturday night, Pereira claimed the vacant UFC light heavyweight title with a second-round knockout against Prochazka. The opportunity was presented to ‘Poatan’ due to former 205-pound king Jamahal Hill vacating the throne due to a torn Achilles. Following UFC 295, Dana
Alex Pereira doesn’t think his TKO win over Jiri Prochazka at UFC 295 was an early stoppage “Poatan” is certain Israel Adesanya is not motivated enough to fight at this point Alex Pereira is convinced that there’s no controversy in his stoppage win over Jiri Prochazka at UFC 295. He is also optimistic about facing
Former champions are going to war. Brazil’s Alex Pereira meets the Czech Republic’s Jiri Prochazka in the main event of UFC 295. ‘Poatan’ goes for gold in a second weight division while Prochazka looks to recapture light heavyweight gold, the title that was once his. The pay-per-view headliner happens inside the historic Madison Square Garden
Ex-UFC featherweight world champion Max Holloway is on the fence when it comes to who leaves Madison Square Garden with the 205-pound title wrapped around their waist this weekend. The promotion makes its highly anticipated return to MSG in NYC for a 30th-anniversary line-up headlined by a light heavyweight title tilt pitting returning former titleholder
Henry Cejudo pointed out what Jiri Prochazka should be ready for against Alex Pereira at UFC 295 “Triple C” explained how “Poatan” utilizes his leg kicks to finish his opponents Henry Cejudo has laid out the things in Alex Pereira’s arsenal that Jiri Prochazka should watch out for in their title fight at UFC 295.
On November 11, Jiri Prochazka will have the opportunity to become only the third man to capture the UFC light heavyweight championship on two separate occasions. After more than a year on the shelf following a devastating shoulder injury, ‘Denisa’ returns to the Octagon ready to take back the title he never lost. Standing in
Robert Whittaker couldn’t tell which style will prevail between Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira “The Reaper” said “BJP” always manages to find a way to win even if looked like his losing Robert Whittaker is excited to see Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka go toe-to-toe at UFC 295. Ahead of the match, “The Reaper” broke
Alex Pereira became a Glory Kickboxing Hall of Famer prior to his title fight at UFC 295 “Poatan” was a light heavyweight and middleweight Glory champion and could also do the same in the UFC Alex Pereira has been inducted into the Glory Kickboxing Hall of Fame days before his upcoming light heavyweight title fight