NEW YORK – Alex Pereira has tried to figure out Jiri Prochazka . It’s certainly not easy, or perhaps even possible. In preparation for the large Czech light heavyweight at UFC 295 , Pereira (8-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC ) became well acquainted with the weird and wild nature of Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC ). “He’s definitely a hard opponent,” Pereira told MMA Junkie and other reporters through an interpreter on Wednesday at UFC 295 media day. “Unpredictable, yes, but all the experience I have in fighting and kickboxing, I’m going to be using that in the fight.” A Glory Kickboxing Hall of Famer , Pereira will lean not only on his own experience, but that of his coach and mentor, Glover Teixeira, too. Teixeira lost to Prochazka in the fifth round of an all-time war at UFC 275 in June 2022.
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