The checklist of potential challengers to Alex Pereira’s mild heavyweight title will get a bit smaller post-UFC 311.
This weekend in Inglewood, California former 205-pound champions Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill will do battle in a struggle that may re-establish the winner’s title credentials at 205-pounds — and consign the loser just a few notches down the ladder of challengers.
However in response to the Czech fighter, his American opponent Hill is likely to be too targeted on scoring revenge on Pereira for his first spherical knockout loss at UFC 300 final April, and ignoring the take a look at the awaits him within the cage late on Saturday night time.
“It’s a giant mistake [if he is],” Prochazka informed the media on Wednesday, together with The Mac Life, when requested if Hill is trying previous him.
“If you end up not targeted on what’s proper earlier than you, and also you’re on the lookout for one other opponent, it’ll value you numerous. Who’re you? It’s nearly staying humble, staying targeted on what’s earlier than you.”
Prochazka has his personal motivation to step into the cage for a 3rd time with the champion after developing brief in opposition to Pereira of their earlier two fights — his solely two losses prior to now ten years.
“I don’t discuss different opponents, about who will probably be subsequent,” he defined. “Even when I mentioned that I need to struggle Alex Pereira a 3rd time as a result of I imagine in myself, I imagine in my model, in my modifications of my model, modifications in my private life-style, every thing. No. This isn’t the place proper now. There may be Jamahal Hill right here this Saturday. I need to win and I’m going to win this struggle, after which we are able to speak about others.”