
"He didn't get so many punches" - Training partner makes surprising revelation about Jiri Prochazka not being "typical" against Jamahal Hill
The former UFC light heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka, got back into the win column by finishing another former divisional kingpin in Jamahal Hill with strikes in the final round of their pay-per-view bout at UFC 311.
Appearing on a recent episode of Bowks Talking Bouts, Matej Penaz covered several subjects ahead of his fight with David Zawada at Oktagon 66 on Feb. 1. When the long-time training partner of Prochazka was asked about what he thought of the overall effort against Hill at UFC 311, Penaz said:
"Oh, I love his performance. I think it was Jiri how I know him. He did very good job with a lot of training, a lot of drills for Jamahal, a lot of sparring. So I think it works absolutely perfectly. So yeah, I enjoyed the performance."
"I didn't like that he; it was not his typical fight because he didn't get so many punches. He was very good with his head movement, with his complete movement. Yeah, I loved the performance."
Check Matej Penaz's assessment of Jiri Prochazka's UFC 311 bout below (2:09):
Jiri Prochazka challenged on Alex Pereira 'black magic' claims
It was referenced that Jiri Prochazka rebounded from a loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 303, with the former making several headlines for some fairly outlandish claims. Prochazka stated that Pereira utilized voodoo and black magic to gain a supernatural advantage over him inside the octagon.
This claim from the 32-year-old was challenged on a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. When Joe Rogan asked the UFC 311 victor to expand upon these claims and to clarify some things, Prochazka said he did not want to speak fully on the matter and that it was something he is humble about.
Prochazka explained that for him to even be talking about Pereira using some form of magic indicated that he was too focused on the Brazilian knockout artist and not on his efforts. Rogan also expressed some sentiments about the former Rizin champion's performance that were similar to the ones echoed by Penaz above.
The UFC commentator mentioned how he noticed an evolution in the Czech Republic native in terms of his movement and counters to the scale that Rogan called him a different Prochazka.