Jiri
Prochazka’s second opportunity against Alex
Pereira didn’t bring many encouraging returns.
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After being dropped at the end of the opening stanza, Prochazka was
vanquished by a head kick and follow-up punches from Pereira just
13 seconds into Round 2 of their UFC 303
headlining bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday
night. While Prochazka was also finished in their first meeting at
UFC 295, he performed fairly well in the opening stanza and also
had a legitimate gripe that the bout might have been stopped
prematurely by referee Marc Goddard
in the second period.
There were no such questions on Saturday night, and now it appears
that “BJP has to do some soul searching before his next Octagon
appearance.
“Hello everyone, thank you for all your support. Thanks to you Alex
for the fight. You [were] better,” Prochazka said in a video on
social media. “And only one thing goes on my mind: that I need to
evolve to the next level — or don’t fight again. So simple, to be
the strongest, this is the way. Thank you. See you in the gym.”
⚡️🙏⚡️
//\ pic.twitter.com/LqbiaMQUb4— Jiri BJP Prochazka (@jiri_bjp)
June 30, 2024
A former
Rizin Fighting Federation champion, Prochazka won 13
consecutive fights from 2016 to 2022, capturing the UFC light
heavyweight crown with a fifth-round submission of Glover
Teixeira at UFC 275. He rebounded from his first loss to
Pereira with a second-round stoppage of Aleksandar
Rakic at UFC 300 before Saturday’s defeat.