{"id":396958,"date":"2022-07-11T19:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=396958"},"modified":"2022-07-11T19:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:26:37","slug":"my-performance-was-bad-in-the-first-fight-jiri-prochazka-makes-a-massive-declaration-to-face-glover-teixeira-in-a-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/my-performance-was-bad-in-the-first-fight-jiri-prochazka-makes-a-massive-declaration-to-face-glover-teixeira-in-a-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;My Performance Was Bad in the First Fight&#8217;- Jiri Prochazka Makes a Massive Declaration to Face Glover Teixeira in a Rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising twist, UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka has come out and provided a declaration as to his next opponent in the UFC. Prochazka has officially gone on record and revealed that a rematch against Glover Teixeira will serve as his first title defense.<\/p>\n<p>Both men met at UFC 275 and put on perhaps one of the best light heavyweight five-round clashes in the division&#8217;s credentialed history. Prochazka spoke out after the fight and explained that he wasn\u2019t happy with his performance and it seems as though this discontent has led to a rematch against Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White reacting to Jiri Prochazka choking out Glover Teixeira at UFC 275\u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC275?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC275<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dOTjFaiYK8\">pic.twitter.com\/dOTjFaiYK8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Thomas (@Benfthomas_10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benfthomas_10\/status\/1535852320373755904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he recognizes Teixeira as a worthy adversary and is more than willing to engage with the former Brazilian champion in what will be a highly anticipated rematch once it is officially announced.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hello everybody. I wish you a great day, and I made [a decision] for my next fight: I want to fight Glover the next fight. Not because it will be another big fight, but just one reason, my performance was bad in the first fight, and I will show you why I\u2019m the champion, clearly, decisively. And I think Glover deserves it. So here\u2019s the offer. I will show you why I\u2019m the champion.&#8221;<\/em> [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/7\/11\/23203491\/jiri-prochazka-calls-for-glover-teixeira-rematch-next-i-will-show-you-why-im-the-champion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-396961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/denisa-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After winning the belt at UFC 275, Jiri Prochazka responded to a call-out made by former champion Jan Blachowicz and was more than willing to take on the Polish knockout artist. However, after some careful consideration, it appears as though the first champion from the Czech Republic has had a change of heart.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-got-a-little-inside-scoop-for-you-chael-sonnen-might-just-know-whats-next-for-ufc-megastar-nate-diaz\/\">\u201cI Got a Little Inside Scoop for You\u2019- Chael Sonnen Might Just Know What\u2019s Next for UFC Megastar Nate Diaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glover Teixeira was on his way to winning the fight against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 before being shockingly submitted with just 28 seconds left in the fight. \u2018Denisa\u2019 is perhaps looking to make his first title defense as comprehensive as possible and put an end to any doubts about his stake to the light heavyweight crown.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising twist, UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka has come out and provided a declaration as to his next opponent in the UFC. Prochazka has officially gone on record and revealed that a rematch against Glover Teixeira will serve as his first title defense. Both men met at UFC 275 and put on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":396960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396958","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\/396958","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=396958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}