An ex-foe of Alex Pereira isn’t shocked that “Poatan” regained the UFC Mild Heavyweight Championship by knocking Magomed Ankalaev out.
Pereira had misplaced the 205-pound gold to Ankalaev again in March. He bought his revenge in the primary occasion of UFC 320. “Poatan” stopped Ankalaev shortly within the opening body.
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting.com, Jiri Prochazka defined why Pereira’s victory wasn’t stunning to him.
”No, no, I used to be not so shocked,” Prochazka informed MMA Combating. “As a result of once I noticed Alex within the [UFC Performance Institute] and I noticed how he was in form and the way his coaching was going. And yeah, I noticed the spirit of Alex and I noticed the spirit of of Ankalaev, then I stated to myself, ‘Man, that is like one other story than earlier than.’
“Their first struggle, what I watched, it was actually like, stated to myself, ‘Man, that’s one thing unhealthy with him as a result of he’s simply preserving himself slightly bit again. So, so I’m pleased that he gained, however that’s all.”
Prochazka suffered two defeats towards Pereira, each being title fights. Prochazka additionally competed on the UFC 320 card, pulling off a comeback knockout win over Khalil Rountree.
Prochazka has stated that he hopes to get a 3rd likelihood to show he can get the higher of “Poatan.” In the intervening time, Pereira is in the hunt for a heavyweight struggle towards Jon Jones on the deliberate UFC White Home card. UFC CEO Dana White has publicly stated he doesn’t plan on discussing fights for the occasion internally till Feb. 2026.
White has additionally stated that he’d want it if Pereira sticks with the sunshine heavyweight division. Rising contender Carlos Ulberg has emerged as a possible challenger for Pereira. One can’t rule out a trilogy struggle between Pereira and Prochazka even supposing the rivalry has been one-sided thus far.
