“Zoom in on Neck”: UFC Fans Raise Eyebrows as Jiri Prochazka Looks “Unrecognizable” Amid Recovery

When former UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka pulled out of his UFC 282 bout due to injury, it disappointed a lot of fight fans. ‘Denisa’ had beaten former champion Glover Teixeira to secure the title in one of the best fights of the past year. A competitive fight from start to finish, the two were set to run it back in December 2022. However, Prochazka vacated his title and left to recover from his shoulder injury. Now, the ‘Czech Samurai’ has given an update about his health and he looks ready to return soon.

In the time that Prochazka was away, the light heavyweight landscape changed quite a bit. The fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz for the vacant title at UFC 282 ended in a draw. In January, Jamahal Hill beat Glover Teixeira to win the title and Teixeira hung up his gloves the same night.

Now, Prochazka has to walk back into the midst of all these hungry contenders to retake the title he never officially lost. However, the former champion’s health update has raised some questions from the fans.

Fans raise questions to Jiri Prochazka over the shoulder injury

When news of Prochazka vacating the title first broke, UFC President Dana White described it as the worst shoulder injury in the UFC’s history. However, in the image that the 30-year-old shared recently, there were no signs of surgery or rehabilitation. This led to the fans raising questions about the legitimacy of the injury.

Following are some of the reactions the fans had:

• Glad to see that the worst shoulder injury in the history of shoulders seems to be recovering well
• Can we see some pictures of ur shoulder injury?
• Glad youre feeling strong man but you are looking much weaker than normal
• What’s with the shoulder I’ve not seen a bandage, surgery room, sling,.nothing?
• That man’s neck is a damn tree stump got me wanting to get the chainsaw out
• He been going hard on them perks he look skinny
• Even his core has a demon face lol ufc needs yuri back desperately
• Jiri seriously is the scariest dude in the ufc
• Zoom in on neck
• He look unrecognizable

News of Prochazka’s injury and Dana White’s subsequent comments raised concern among the fans. Now, months after the incident, fans are doubting the extent of its seriousness.

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What do you think of this situation? Should Prochazka put the fans’ minds at ease and reveal more details of the injury? Let us know in the comments below.