Following his knockout loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 303, Jiri Prochazka’s head coach would tease that shifting to middleweight isn’t simply an possibility for BJP, however that it might give his profession “a brand new restart.”
While his subsequent combat has been confirmed to happen at 205lbs, the favored Czech Samurai has now addressed hypothesis that he might drop all the way down to middleweight later in 2025.
Jiri Prochazka provides replace on rumored transfer all the way down to middleweight
Following his rematch in opposition to ‘Poatan’ at UFC 303, Jiri Prochazka’s coach would state that BJP is “nonetheless sufficiently old to suit comparatively nicely into middleweight,” and that the transfer might imply “a new restart.”
Talking not too long ago by way of The Ariel Helwani Show, the previous gentle heavyweight champion would admit that he’s put these plans again on the shelf as there’s one situation that must be met first.
“I thought of that [move to middleweight] lots, however gentle heavyweight is my division, gentle heavyweight is my division, and I need to keep there… That is the factor, I mentioned to myself ‘I’ll go to middleweight however first, I have to return to the throne of sunshine heavyweight’.
“I do know that it sounds very loopy as a result of Alex is there and he received twice, however nonetheless I consider, and I’m actually open to creating some huge change in my life to do this, make it occur.”
While Prochazka would argue that it could be “no downside” for him to drop all the way down to 185lbs, he’d have to lose a number of kilos of muscle off an already-shredded physique.
“Positive, yeah, for me it could be no downside to do this… However I really feel robust, I’m the man who has probably the greatest bodily exams within the gentle heavyweight [division] – I’m a lot stronger than most guys at gentle heavyweight, I’m prepared for that.”
In a previous interview with Sportskeeda, BJP would reaffirm that “I’ve obtained the facility, I’ve obtained the energy and I’ve the endurance and all the talents and every thing to beat the blokes in gentle heavyweight.
“Perhaps I’ll leap to middleweight, possibly, however first, I mentioned to myself I need to win the sunshine heavyweight title. That’s all what’s on my thoughts proper now – and win the subsequent combat particularly.”
Jiri Prochazka returns to motion on ‘stacked’ UFC 311 card in January 2025
Prochazka returns to the octagon on January 18, 2025, on the Intuit Enviornment in Los Angeles in what’ll be a superb strategy to kickstart the brand new 12 months.
The previous champion will lock horns with Jamahal Hill, who can be coming off a KO loss to Alex Pereira, with each males trying to safe a rematch with Poatan in late-2025.
Pereira himself is anticipated to face Magomed Ankalaev in his subsequent title protection, though Prochazka believes that there’s ‘no probability’ of the Russian capturing UFC gold.
“I feel no [chance], particularly if he fights like he mentioned simply within the standup, sorry [but] no… If Alex might be in the identical form like he confirmed within the final combat, 100% no.”
On the time of writing, Ankalaev stays ranked at #1, with Prochazka within the #2 place while Jamahal Hill retains his #3 spot.
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