Jiri Prochazka was surprisingly emotional after seeing Alex Pereira reclaim his gentle heavyweight crown at UFC 320.
‘Poatan’ delivered top-of-the-line bounce-back performances in Octagon historical past, smashing his approach 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 seemed to be in tears after seeing Pereira ship the earth-shattering knockout. Throughout a latest look on The Ariel Helwani Present, Prochazka provided some perception into why he was so emotional.
“It’s not that I used to be so pleased Alex gained or Ankalaev misplaced,” Procházka stated. “I used to be so emotional as a result of, in that second, I actually realized that Pereira gained and there’s a potential battle between me and him. Meaning there’s a third battle. Third probability for me to achieve success. I deeply realized, ‘Man, that is one thing you need 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 numerous dangers in my fights, however I do know I’ll discover a approach.”
Is the third time the appeal 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 towards Pereira, a 3rd assembly is perhaps a troublesome promote, however after Prochazka’s insane comeback KO towards 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.
