Jiri Prochazka isn’t focused on defending himself contained in the Octagon.
The previous UFC mild heavyweight champion scored one other massive win on MMA’s largest stage earlier this month, scoring a third-round knockout in opposition to ex-titleholder Jamahal Hill at UFC 311 in Los Angeles.
Prochazka’s conflict with Hill was nothing wanting a slugfest with the Czech typically selecting to maintain his fingers low and consuming something and all the things ‘Sweet Dreams’ threw his method. It was a well-known sight as Prochazka typically deploys this fashion of preventing, and to date it has served him fairly nicely apart from a few brutal knockout losses in opposition to the division’s reigning champion, Alex Pereira.
Jiri Prochazka tries to learn his opponent’s thoughts
Providing some perception into why he chooses to maintain his fingers low, Prochazka defined it in quite simple phrases — he doesn’t must defend himself.
“With the hands up is one way,” Prochazka mentioned throughout an look on The Joe Rogan Expertise. “With the fingers down, that is your pure posture. You spend more often than not on this. This, for me, means defending. I don’t must defend myself after I see all the things, after I really feel all the things. That’s why I don’t must maintain my fingers up, as a result of I’m loopy sufficient to undergo, to be within the second, to emphasize my physique a lot on this scenario—to see each motion, each begin of the motion of my opponent—that I can react earlier than he begins.
“The next level is to try to read the thinking of the opponent, to know what he wants to do before he does it.”
In 31 profession wins, Jiri Prochazka has 27 profession knockouts, 4 of these coming below the UFC banner. What’s subsequent for ‘BJP’ stays to be seen, but when Pereira manages to get previous Magomed Ankalaev in March, we could possibly be taking a look at a 3rd showdown between Prochazka and ‘Poatan’ this summer season.
