Jiri Prochazka did not try to hide from the mistake after UFC 327. Hours after getting knocked out by Carlos Ulberg in the vacant light heavyweight title fight, the former champion said he let the moment slip by showing mercy when he thought the fight was tilting his way. We already covered Carlos Ulberg knocking out Jiri Prochazka at UFC 327, but Prochazka’s own reaction gave the loss a different edge.
Right after the fight, Prochazka told Joe Rogan he made the wrong decision in the cage. Later, he leaned even harder into that idea on social media and did not clean it up with excuses.
Prochazka said, “Big apologies for my performance tonight. I still can’t understand my stupid mercy in the fight, and that cost me the fight. So, I would like to fight a rematch because, man, that was my fight. That was my fight, and I just gave him this opportunity to catch me. Big apologies to everyone who supports me.”
That is a rough way to explain a knockout loss, but it fits the way Prochazka fights. He has always trusted chaos more than caution, and this time he believes that instinct cost him the belt.
Jiri Prochazka wants a rematch with Carlos Ulberg:
“I still cant understand my stupid mercy in the fight. I would like to fight a rematch, because that was my fight. I just gave him this opportunity to catch me.”
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Jiri Prochazka wants the rematch, but the road back is not automatic
The problem is simple. Wanting the rematch and getting it are two different things. Prochazka has now come up short in multiple title tries, and Ulberg is the one leaving Miami with the belt after taking advantage of the opening he was given.
That does not mean Prochazka is out of the picture. He is still one of the biggest names at 205, and this title fight only happened after Alex Pereira vacated the light heavyweight title. Before fight night, Prochazka had also made it clear in another MiddleEasy story that he was trying to move forward instead of chasing old revenge.
Now he has another loss to deal with, and this one looks harder because he thinks he handed it away himself. A rematch is possible, but it probably starts with one more statement win first.
