Rejecting Joe Rogan’s Complaint, Jiri Prochazka Gets Honest About the Alex Pereira Loss via KO Before UFC 300 Return

The former light heavyweight champion, Jiri ‘BJP’ Prochazka, has proven once again why he is one of the most beloved fighters in the promotion. Jiri Prochazka fought Alex Pereira for the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship at UFC 295 back in November of 2023. ‘Poatan’ finished Prochazka in the second round of the fight. However, there were some people who believed that the stoppage came in too early.

UFC commentator, Joe Rogan, was one of the minority who believed that the stoppage came early. Rogan believed that Prochazka was still in the fight after the knockdown, and stated that he wasn’t “satisfied with that stoppage.” In Rogan’s defense, the Czech Samurai did manage to pull off a win in similar situations against Glover Teixeira and Dominick Reyes in their fights. However, Prochazka came to Goddard’s defense in a recent interview with Helwani.

Jiri Prochazka defends Mark Goddard’s stoppage

In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Jiří Procházka went on to defend Mark Goddard’s stoppage in the fight. “BJP” went on to accept his flaw in judgment inside the octagon while he said the stoppage was early, stating, “The main thing is I didn’t. I didn’t know how it was, how it was that that situation. That’s why I said in the cage, Mark Goddard was right and he was right.”

The 31-year-old went on to claim that it was his fault for leaving himself in a position where the referee had to step up and stop the fight. He went on to give credit to Goddard explaining that he knows what he’s doing. However, he wished for Goddard to let the fight play on for a few more seconds, as he stated, “(Goddard), really good knows how I’m fighting who I am because he judge my fight with Glover. Yeah, and other fights. So I think he can he can let that more like more seconds after that stoppage.”

But it would seem that the former light heavyweight champ would want to move on from his fight against Pereira. He told Helwani, “But what happened happened? I’m taking that. I don’t want to speak. I will. I should I should do this and this and doesn’t matter. For me. I’m taking this I’m taking. I lost and right now. I will be better and I will win. That’s all.”

Jiri Prochazka is one class act, as he took the high road and accepted his loss against ‘Poatan’, while also defending Goddard. The 31-year-old’s loss against Poatan was the 3rd loss in his career. So given that Prochazka’s record stands at 29-4-1, who else has the former champ lost against?

BJP’s losses before joining the UFC

Three of BJP’s losses came before he signed with the UFC promotion. Prochazka’s first loss came against Bojan Velickovic in his fifth fight as a professional fighter via TKO, all the back in December of 2012. His second loss came shortly after on his 8th fight against Abdul-Kerim Edilov by submission back in June of 2013 at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow12.

‘The Czech Samurai’ went on to go 10 straight fights without losing a fight after his second loss against Edilov in June 2013. However, would go on to lose the third time against Muhammad Lawal via knockout at Rizin FF 2, on 31st of December 2015.

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Jiri Prochazka would stay undefeated for 14 straight fights, until his recent fight with Alex Pereira at UFC 295. Given that he seems confident to come back stronger, do you believe that he will get the dub in his return? Let us know in the comments section below.

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