{"id":390200,"date":"2022-05-30T20:10:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T20:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=390200"},"modified":"2022-05-30T20:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T20:11:58","slug":"jiri-prochazka-looking-to-change-up-his-strategy-against-glover-teixeira-my-game-is-not-defending-my-game-is-all-the-time-attacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/jiri-prochazka-looking-to-change-up-his-strategy-against-glover-teixeira-my-game-is-not-defending-my-game-is-all-the-time-attacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Ji\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka Looking to Change Up His Strategy Against Glover Teixeira: &#8220;My Game is Not Defending. My Game is All the Time Attacking&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC light heavyweight contender Jiri Prochazka is gearing up to face champion Glover Teixeira for his undisputed strap at UFC 275. Prochazka is arguably one of the most electrifying talents on the roster and he\u2019s managed to make a splash in his short UFC tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MMA Fighting, the always-explosive Prochazka talked about having to change his style to counter Glover Teixeira\u2019s lethal ground game. The Brazilian champion is a titan on the ground and he even won the undisputed belt by submitting Jan Blachowicz in dominant fashion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3dVjy__zUpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/not-going-to-let-anyone-disrespect-my-family-jorge-masvidal-says-he-comes-from-a-different-place-amidst-on-going-legal-battle-with-colby-covington\/\">\u2018Not Going to Let Anyone Disrespect My Family\u2019- Jorge Masvidal Says He \u2018Comes From a Different Place\u2019 Amidst On-Going Legal Battle with Colby Covington<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Jiri Prochazka on facing Glover Teixeira at UFC 275: <em>&#8220;I have to be dominant on the ground&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Jiri Prochazka revealed that he worked certain positions with wrestling ace Henry Cejudo and he\u2019s looking to unload some dangerous blows on the ground when he inevitably engages with Teixeira.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have to change this style, especially in the ground, especially in the wrestling,\u201d Prochazka told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/5\/30\/23068198\/jiri-prochazka-explains-how-his-style-has-to-change-in-order-to-beat-glover-teixeira-at-ufc-275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s why I drilled that with Henry [Cejudo] and then back in the Czech Republic with my coaches. Everybody knows my strong weapon and my weakest weakness. That\u2019s why I start to drill that [on the ground]. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve started to prepare the dangerous techniques in that, and I believe in myself in that much, much more than ever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-390201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/glo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/glo.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/glo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/glo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/glo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/glo-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said that he was glad to have a credentialed grappler like Glover Teixeira as an opponent since he was able to learn and grow from the experience of having Teixeira as his foe.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m glad for that to have an opponent like Glover,\u201d <\/em>Prochazka said<em>, \u201cbecause he gave me the opportunity to prepare myself in these styles, to be better and better.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LEvqSJIWOEM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith all respect, I have to be dominant on the ground,\u201d Prochazka said. \u201cNot like other opponents who are just taking Glover\u2019s game, they just start defending. My game is not defending. My game is all the time attacking, all the time to be in the dominant positions. From the back, from the up guard, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jiri Prochazka will favor his chances on the feet since Glover Teixeira\u2019s chin has certainly been rocked over the years. However, the equation certainly tilts in favor of Glover Teixeira if this winds up on the canvas at UFC 275 in Singapore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC light heavyweight contender Jiri Prochazka is gearing up to face champion Glover Teixeira for his undisputed strap at UFC 275. Prochazka is arguably one of the most electrifying talents on the roster and he\u2019s managed to make a splash in his short UFC tenure. Speaking to MMA Fighting, the always-explosive Prochazka talked about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":390202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}