Jiri Prochazka was surprisingly emotional after seeing Alex Pereira reclaim his gentle heavyweight crown at UFC 320.
‘Poatan’ delivered among the finest bounce-back performances in Octagon historical past, smashing his manner by way of Magomed Ankalaev in simply 80 seconds to take again the belt he surrendered to the Dagestani in March.
Sitting ringside for the battle was Prochazka, who gave the impression to be in tears after seeing Pereira ship the earth-shattering knockout. Throughout a current look on The Ariel Helwani Present, Prochazka supplied some perception into why he was so emotional.
“It’s not that I used to be so joyful Alex received or Ankalaev misplaced,” Procházka mentioned. “I used to be so emotional as a result of, in that second, I actually realized that Pereira received and there’s a potential battle between me and him. Which means there’s a third battle. Third probability for me to achieve success. I deeply realized, ‘Man, that is one thing it’s a must to win, or nothing.’ That would be the largest problem of my life.
“F***, man, I actually need to win. I do know I’m taking a number of dangers in my fights, however I do know I’ll discover a manner.”
Is the third time the attraction for Jiri Prochazka?
Prochazka has already confronted Pereira twice, the primary of which went down in November 2023 at UFC 295. On that evening, ‘Poatan’ put away the Czech simply 52 seconds into the second spherical.
Seven months later, they’d run it again at UFC 303. Pereira would as soon as once more end Prochazka within the second, although this time, it was simply 13 seconds into the stanza.
Contemplating he’s 0-2 in opposition to Pereira, a 3rd assembly is perhaps a tricky promote, however after Prochazka’s insane comeback KO in opposition to Khalil Rountree at UFC 320, followers could also be able to see if ‘BJP’ can lastly break by way of and beat the Brazilian boogeyman.
