An ex-foe of Alex Pereira isn’t stunned that “Poatan” regained the UFC Gentle Heavyweight Championship by knocking Magomed Ankalaev out.
Pereira had misplaced the 205-pound gold to Ankalaev again in March. He acquired 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 surprising to him.
”No, no, I used to be not so stunned,” Prochazka instructed MMA Combating. “As a result of after 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 combat, what I watched, it was actually like, stated to myself, ‘Man, that’s one thing dangerous with him as a result of he’s simply retaining himself somewhat bit again. So, so I’m joyful 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 probability to show he can get the higher of “Poatan.” In the intervening time, Pereira is searching for a heavyweight combat 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 desire 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 combat between Pereira and Prochazka even though the rivalry has been one-sided up to now.
