Jiri Prochazka caught Glover Teixeira in a submission within the fifth spherical of their championship bout, after being down on most judges scorecard. He was welcomed again to his house nation of the Czech Republic with a parade in his honor.
Prochazka and Teixiera’s struggle was fairly presumably the best Mild Heavyweight championship struggle of all time. It’s up there with Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson, by way of how entertaining of a struggle it was. Prohcazka pulled the win out of nowhere, when it seemed like he was both going to be completed, or was effectively on his strategy to shedding the struggle on the playing cards.
Teixieria fought an excellent struggle as effectively, so an instantaneous rematch might presumably be within the playing cards for him. He has even already began campaigning for a rematch, by asking Prochazka and the group to run it again.
Jiri Prochazka grew to become the primary Czech UFC champion ever and was greeted with an enormous parade in is honor as a welcoming present
The parade has so many individuals in it to greet the brand new champion, and it stretched far down the road it was on.
Prochazka grew to become the quickest fighter to win the Mild Heavyweight championship since Quentin ‘Rampage’ Jackson did it again in 2007. Prochazka captured the title in solely his third struggle within the UFC and gained it on the younger age of 29. Prochazka made certain to attend till he felt he was 100% prepared for the UFC, to make his debut. The ready seemed to have paid off, as he ascended the division in a short time.
It actually was a narrative of the youth, overtaking the previous. Teixiera had turn out to be the oldest fighter to win the championship for the primary time when he beat Jan Blachowicz in late 2021. He gained it on the age of 42.
