Jiri Prochazka admits it may ‘sound crazy,’ but wants ‘fight for my life’ third meeting with Alex Pereira

[Wild]

Jiri Prochazka wants to become UFC light heavyweight champion for a second time, and while just accomplishing that goal would be meaningful, being able to defeat the man who stopped him twice would be everything.

Prochazka is booked to face fellow-former champ Jamahal Hill in a highly-anticipated clash at UFC 311 on Jan 18 in Los Angeles. Both fighters recently were stopped by current champ Alex Pereira earlier in the year, with Prochazka suffering the fate for the second time in less than a year at UFC 303 in June. “BJP” wants to put that night behind him, but he was able to take away a lot of valuable lessons from that loss.

“I took the best from that,” Prochazka told MMA Fighting. “It was not too much about like that performance in the night, but about the preparation for that fight and I had to change many, many things. So the last few months, I really worked on that, what to, what to do, what not to do, what not to repeat. So here I am and ready for the next fight.

“Every loss, every win is the main point of the career. So every battle, doesn’t matter if it is a win. Win or lose, there is always the chance to take the best from that experience from every fight.”

Jiri Prochazka admits it may ‘sound crazy,’ but wants ‘fight for my life’ third meeting with Alex Pereira - MMA Fighting

 

[Rasputin]

Jiri should have came with a 100% wrestling game plan.

I doubt he gets another chance at Alex, I'm hearing rumours of Chimaev going up to fight Alex Pereira. I believe Fanduel was offering futures for Chimaev champ by end of 2025 +5000 and people were getting excited.

 

[jason73]

there is no reason for there to be a 3rd fight . i am a huge jiri fan but alex just has his number . the only way a 3rd fight should ever come about is if jiri goes on a massive winning streak and earns it in spades

 

[Rasputin]

Alex avoiding Ankalaev is a disgrace too

champs should defend against top contenders, the way the UFC operates with their favorites is bad for the divisions, they did the same with Sugar and Jones, miss the GSP days when they had to take on all comers.

At Oktagon last night Fleury became the 1st Irish champion at a full O2 stadium, Vemola gave him a chance and he immediately called our Muradov who was seating in the crowd to see if Muradov wanted to take a shot.

Muradov was so pissed, he had to climb to the cage, act tough to only accept a fight at a lower weight class LOL

Fleury is a savage, he told him on the spot that if he didn't have the balls he was gonna defend his new belt that it would take him 6 months to go down a division and kicked him off the cage. Maybe late 2025. Muradov took a hike lol

That is how it should be.

 

[Rambo John J]

Jiri it does sound crazy
He will probably KO you again...then you will want a 4th fight to probably get KOed in