Jiri Prochazka on First Bout Against Alex Pereira: ‘I Wasn’t 100 Percent–Now I Am’

For the first time since December of 2015, Prochazka lost a fight. He was beat by Alex Pereira, a late-comer to MMA after a highly decorated kickboxing career. Pereira ended the bout with just under a minute remaining in the second round, getting the KO/TKO finish after a left hook led to a flurry of hammerfists and elbows that caused referee Marc Goddard to call an end to it.Up until that point, Prochazka hadn’t lost in the UFC.

Prochazka defeated Aleksander Rakic in April at UFC 300, the same card headlined by Pereira–who decimated Jamahal Hill in the main event. Unbeknownst to them, here they are, only two months later, stepping into the main event–strikingly similar to what happened in November at UFC 295 when they took the main event slot after the Jon Jones-Stipe Miocic bout was called off.

Prochazka enters Saturday’s title fight with a point to prove. Perhaps he will have an advantage in the rematch. The one and only time Pereira fought a rematch in the UFC, he was knocked out by Israel Adesanya.

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