Jiri Prochazka on 3rd fight vs Alex Pereira

[asdf122345]

He should be worry about his Hill fight.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Was also not very exciting

I would prefer competitive over exciting. The Jiri fights were exciting but I don't think he deserves a rematch. I think Ankalaev deserves the shot for the title.

 

[HHJ]

Should the guy who got flat lined twice by the same guy join an actual full gym camp ...yes.

Nah.

He was doin just fine til Poatan came along.

He'll either do it his way or not at all. That's what got him here.

 

[HHJ]

I would prefer competitive over exciting. The Jiri fights were exciting but I don't think he deserves a rematch. I think Ankalaev deserves the shot for the title.

Absolutley Ankalaev deserves the shot. I'm not arguing that. I dont think Jiri should get one so soon. But the Jan vs Poatan one was a bit meh. Def other shit can play out before we have to see that shit again.

 

[Luffy]

I think he meant if he loses to Alex a third time, he's just going to retire. If he can't be the best, his MMA life is done.

Thanks, one of the few who understood the question. Some ppl took it as "what does Jiri mean by fighting a 3rd time?" question by replying with "because he's not a coward"... I mean, if some ppl did read things with a little more attention, it would be appreciated.

 

[Luffy]

I would prefer competitive over exciting. The Jiri fights were exciting but I don't think he deserves a rematch. I think Ankalaev deserves the shot for the title.

Tbh that was also Relax Poatan's first fight in LHW. In his first fight vs Jiri Prochazka, Poatan was having a hard time until he got the quick one two right and left hook and shut Jiri's light almost... Alex improved a lot, considering Jiri expected a tough fight between Poatan and Hill, as well as Aspinall (who comments on a lot of fights) and they both got :0 by how easily Poatan defeated Hill... And then, Prochazka was, admittedly, in a better shape in the second fight, he said so... His body was better, like he said. And he did try to get offensive, to go into the offense a few times, but Poatan quickly stopped those momentums. Firstly, with a jab that seemed like a hook, later on when Jiri tried getting aggressive, Poatan remained calm and connected a solid right hand on Jiri... Defended Jiri's takedown (Jiri could not even get close to dropping Poatan) while in their first fight, with his legs in a worse shape, he got Poatan down in the first round... And when he tried going into the offensive again, Poatan pretty much ended the fight with a left hook that Aspinall called the best hook he has seen in MMA...

I don't necessarily think Jan Blachowicz is better than Jiri or Hill... Only, that Poatan is improving from fight to fight, which is both weird, considering his age, and cool, showing how big of a talent he is... Someone that can improve after 36 yo by dedicating himself a lot... He's a genius in fighting, he got into kickboxing as a 20 yo and as 30 yo or so, he was the only one from Glory to hold belts in two divisions like that simultaneously... And arguably won his last fight vs Arthur, which is backed up by the stats and specifics analysis, though the [arguably] unfair point deduction he got plus the [possible] biased judging took his deserved win... Which makes sense considering he made clear that would be his last fight in Glory, that he'd be going to the UFC. They did not want that but couldn't hold Poatan, they tried, but could not... So they likely pushed Arthur to win for Poatan not to leave Glory as the champion as Arthur/Arthem would still keep fighting on Glory. And Poatan wasn't even THAT dedicated in that part of his career, he admittedly would train a lot but would drink a lot as well...

... So now a fully focused and dedicated Poatan is showing how much potential he has got... The Poatan who fought Adesanya twice is not nearly the same Poatan as the one now. The Poatan who defeated Jan, although it was a tough fight (still won tho), is not the same fighter as current Poatan... He is a monster.

 

[ElLunico]

Unbelievable, you got guys here saying Ank doesn't deserve it and make every excuse to justify Alex ducking Ank but come back and say they want to watch Alex kill this guy for a 3rd time...

 

[Luffy]

Though, for sure I think Poatan should be fighting Ankalaev next IF he stays in LHW... We don't know. It's not his decision whether he fights Anakalaev. One thing though is that he surely doesn't see Ankalaev as a big threat he has to avoid, otherwise he would not have asked more than once to fight Aspinall... He wouldn't have openly accepted fighting Jon Jones after he defeated Rountree. He said recently "I'll eventually fight there in HW, whether it's Aspinall or Jon Jones, it doesn't matter, I'm going there fully confident and to get it done. It'd be the biggest fight of my life [vs Jon Jones] but I'm there to win, make what no one did".

Poatan accepted fighting Anakalaev in December, but the organization made him pull out due to Garry fighting Shavkat... But he was totally serious about fighting Anakalaev, who fought only one time in the year in a pretty boring fight that seemed more like the two guys sizing each other, after having fought 3 time, the last fight which he fought with a broken rib and having been on antibiotics for a long time... Yet, were it up to him, he would fight Anakalaev in December, he accepted that.

Poatan and Ankalaev aren't the same... Poatan is more brave, willing to take more risks and more talented.

But yeah, he should fight Anakalaev unless the rumor is true that he may fight Chimaev...

 

[Luffy]

Unbelievable, you got guys here saying Ank doesn't deserve it and make every excuse to justify Alex ducking Ank but come back and say they want to watch Alex kill this guy for a 3rd time...

I think no one here has ever said that... Maybe you are misinterpreting ppl's posts.

 

[Ibm]

Alex is quickly closing in on 38, and might even go to HW. Jiri just needs to focus on knocking Hill out right now.

Yeah but he just started 2 years ago and looks fresher each fight.

 

[Bigmoney4166]

While I think the stoppage in the first was some bullshit, that second fight was a pure ass whipping. It probably could have got stopped in the first round.

 

[Luffy]

To be totally fair, the last thing Poatan did was duck Anakalaev. He made it clear he wanted to fight Anakalaev, it's not his fault the organization didn't book the fight. He was prepared to fight Ankalaev in 300. He also expected and was ready to fight Ankalaev but they made the Jiri rematch, who was as deserving as Anakalaev at that time, since their first fight was tough... Plus, Jiri demolished Rakić in 300, one of the top contenders, so Jiri was still ranked above Ankalaev.

He fought Khalil, in a tough spot, that is, putting his title on the line vs someone ppl didn't think much about but the fighters knew Khalil's #8 ranking didn't reflect his actual abilities, instead he was a #8 with the potential of a top 3... Yet he took the fight while on antibiotics, injured, made no complaint, all while knowing ppl were taking Khalil for granted when he knew Khalil was as tough as Jiri Prochazka, Hill, Ankalaev, but just not well known... He is there to fight whoever the organization puts him up against.

 

[Luffy]

While I think the stoppage in the first was some bullshit, that second fight was a pure ass whipping. It probably could have got stopped in the first round.

If it got stopped in the first round, you'd also think it was a BS stoppage...

 

[NoSmilez]

Eh it might happen. We had Wanderlei and Rampage.

 

[fedorthegoat777]

i usually give guys chances even when it looks like they don't got a chance but the way he looked in the 2nd fight was bad. he looked way more scared and tentative to engage than in the 1st fight and he did a lot worse in the 2nd fight. the first fight clearly changed him. he can't be successful if he isn't aggressive and he was too afraid to get aggressive in the 2nd fight.

3rd fight he would be 3 times as scared. All kinds of voodoo mind tricks on play.

 

[dog y]

You got KOed 2 times already wacko. No one wants to see you get killed a 3rd time

I'll gladly watch Jiri vs anyone. Dude's always exciting AF. And if he loses for the third time, so be

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Absolutley Ankalaev deserves the shot. I'm not arguing that. I dont think Jiri should get one so soon. But the Jan vs Poatan one was a bit meh. Def other shit can play out before we have to see that shit again.

"Def other shit can play out before we have to see that shit again"

Agreed. Ank deserves the shot and hopefully another contender emerges (maybe Ulberg).

Tbh that was also Relax Poatan's first fight in LHW. In his first fight vs Jiri Prochazka, Poatan was having a hard time until he got the quick one two right and left hook and shut Jiri's light almost... Alex improved a lot, considering Jiri expected a tough fight between Poatan and Hill, as well as Aspinall (who comments on a lot of fights) and they both got :0 by how easily Poatan defeated Hill... And then, Prochazka was, admittedly, in a better shape in the second fight, he said so... His body was better, like he said. And he did try to get offensive, to go into the offense a few times, but Poatan quickly stopped those momentums. Firstly, with a jab that seemed like a hook, later on when Jiri tried getting aggressive, Poatan remained calm and connected a solid right hand on Jiri... Defended Jiri's takedown (Jiri could not even get close to dropping Poatan) while in their first fight, with his legs in a worse shape, he got Poatan down in the first round... And when he tried going into the offensive again, Poatan pretty much ended the fight with a left hook that Aspinall called the best hook he has seen in MMA...

I don't necessarily think Jan Blachowicz is better than Jiri or Hill... Only, that Poatan is improving from fight to fight, which is both weird, considering his age, and cool, showing how big of a talent he is... Someone that can improve after 36 yo by dedicating himself a lot... He's a genius in fighting, he got into kickboxing as a 20 yo and as 30 yo or so, he was the only one from Glory to hold belts in two divisions like that simultaneously... And arguably won his last fight vs Arthur, which is backed up by the stats and specifics analysis, though the [arguably] unfair point deduction he got plus the [possible] biased judging took his deserved win... Which makes sense considering he made clear that would be his last fight in Glory, that he'd be going to the UFC. They did not want that but couldn't hold Poatan, they tried, but could not... So they likely pushed Arthur to win for Poatan not to leave Glory as the champion as Arthur/Arthem would still keep fighting on Glory. And Poatan wasn't even THAT dedicated in that part of his career, he admittedly would train a lot but would drink a lot as well...

... So now a fully focused and dedicated Poatan is showing how much potential he has got... The Poatan who fought Adesanya twice is not nearly the same Poatan as the one now. The Poatan who defeated Jan, although it was a tough fight (still won tho), is not the same fighter as current Poatan... He is a monster.

I think Poatan is improving but he also has a short shelf life. He's 37 so he has probably a year or two max at the top of his game. You might be right about Jan catching Poatan early but it also might be a stylistic thing, or a combo of both. Jan is 41 so he's due to drop off a cliff soon and I think Alex beats Jan in a 5 rounder. If he didn't KO Jan, he would outlast him.

To be totally fair, the last thing Poatan did was duck Anakalaev. He made it clear he wanted to fight Anakalaev, it's not his fault the organization didn't book the fight. He was prepared to fight Ankalaev in 300. He also expected and was ready to fight Ankalaev but they made the Jiri rematch, who was as deserving as Anakalaev at that time, since their first fight was tough... Plus, Jiri demolished Rakić in 300, one of the top contenders, so Jiri was still ranked above Ankalaev.

He fought Khalil, in a tough spot, that is, putting his title on the line vs someone ppl didn't think much about but the fighters knew Khalil's #8 ranking didn't reflect his actual abilities, instead he was a #8 with the potential of a top 3... Yet he took the fight while on antibiotics, injured, made no complaint, all while knowing ppl were taking Khalil for granted when he knew Khalil was as tough as Jiri Prochazka, Hill, Ankalaev, but just not well known... He is there to fight whoever the organization puts him up against.

I don't think Poatan is the type to duck fights. He doesn't seem like the type.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

He already got KO'ed twice. At this point they'll give Ulberg a TS if he beats Jan over Jiri.

 

[cade187]

Maybe he should have treated the first two fights as the fight of his life.

 

[AmalgamOpus]

Sounds like a philosophical way of saying he's going to lose again.