Jiri Prochazka is requesting that Alex Pereira lay down his magic stones and Shamanic spells and meet him contained in the Octagon mono e mono.
In November 2023, ‘Poatan’ scored a second-round knockout in opposition to Prochazka inside Madison Sq. Backyard to seize the sunshine heavyweight championship, his second title within the span of a 12 months. Seven months later, they’ll run it again on simply 16 days’ discover once they step into the primary occasion highlight at UFC 303 on June 29.
Each fighters are coming off large wins at UFC 300 in April. Prochazka scored a stellar come-from-behind KO in opposition to Aleksandar Rakic whereas Pereira closed the present with a highlight-reel knockout of former champion Jamahal Hill.
“I noticed how he was working in opposition to Jamahal and after the battle in opposition to Jamahal,” Prochazka mentioned throughout an look on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. “I don’t wish to be unhealthy in (saying this), however I feel he believes rather a lot in assist of non secular issues, and that’s one thing that I feel he can’t battle with out as a result of I wish to maintain that in a transparent line.
“Simply the game efficiency, pure efficiency, man versus man, however I feel he doesn’t know tips on how to battle with out that as a result of he used this stuff each time, so I feel proper now, I’m trying ahead to that” (h/t MMA Mania).
Requested to make clear what he meant by “non secular issues,” Prochazka shared his perception that ‘Poatan’ is utilizing Shamanic magic to win his fights.
“Everyone is aware of he’s working with some Shamanics, with some Shamans from his hometown and he believes in some non secular assist from them.
“I imagine too, however I imagine in the very best efficiency, in human efficiency proper right here proper now, with out no magic, and let’s see if Alex will nonetheless work like that as a result of it’s working however I imagine in a transparent manner, and I’ll do this and I wish to win by that manner,”
It seems like Jiri Prochazka is accusing Pereira of utilizing a brand new sort of PED — Efficiency Enhancing Deities. Or maybe ‘BJP’ has been enjoying somewhat an excessive amount of Elden Ring.
Jiri Prochazka isn’t any stranger to uncommon coaching strategies
After all, Alex Pereira isn’t the one one utilizing uncommon coaching strategies in between fights. Prochazka is well-known for locking himself in a darkish room for days at a time with nothing, however some water and his ideas.
“It was nice, three and a half days with out meals, simply you, water and coaching, spending time together with your greatest concepts and greatest motivations, going by way of your fears, that’s all,” Prochazka mentioned.
Prochazka is 4-1 underneath the UFC banner, his lone loss coming in opposition to Pereira at UFC 295. All of his wins contained in the Octagon have come by way of second-round KO with the lone exception being his Struggle of the 12 months candidate with Glover Teixeira in June 2022.
‘BJP’ completed the Brazilian within the fifth spherical by way of RNC to assert the sunshine heavyweight title.
