December 25, 2024 2:15 pm ET
Jiri Prochazka views Jamahal Hill’s trash speak as a insecurity.
Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) will look to rebound from knockout losses to mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira once they sq. off Jan. 18 at UFC 311 from Inuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
Former champions Prochazka and Hill have been on a collision course for some time and have traded barbs on a couple of events. Prochazka is blissful to lastly get the chance to combat Hill.
“He’s an opponent who I needed earlier than, and he had quite a lot of issues to say about me and my my type, my all the pieces, no matter,” Prochazka advised MMA Fighting. “So proper now, it’s time to combat, that’s all. And I’m prepared to point out my greatest, and that’s all. I’m going for the win.”
Hill had some harsh words about Prochazka’s style, branding him as a low-IQ fighter who takes quite a lot of injury. Nevertheless, Prochazka thinks Hill’s trash speak could be very telling of how he actually feels heading into their combat. “I don’t care what he’s saying as a result of it’s not simply primarily about me. It simply reveals what’s in his head,” Prochazka mentioned. “Man, I don’t care about what different individuals say about me as a result of when you understand how this works, learn how to work the psychological of the human physique, so how individuals can talk about others and why they talk about others, particularly when he don’t know me like personally. He is aware of simply my preventing type and in that, he’s completely out along with his commentary. In order that’s why I don’t care about these trash talks as a result of it’s simply to construct a confidence the place there’s not confidence. Have you learnt how the true assured man, an actual man, appears like? He don’t know.
“He don’t must say some sh*t about others, to talk about his sturdy sides and in regards to the weaknesses in his opponent as a result of he’s self-confident an excessive amount of to not do this. That’s, for me, the true energy of the person. That’s it. I wish to talk about others, however why ? I see that like a weak spot to talk some bullsh*t about my opponents, man. I’m going there, I’ll present my greatest, and I’ll present that to all of the world that I’m one of the best, and that’s all. My actions will speak.”
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