Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-11-11, some good single shots but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira gets two (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Pereira vs Prochazka is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 11th, at the Madison Square Garden in New York (United States), in a 5-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is valid for the vacant UFC light-heavyweight championship and it is the the main event of UFC 295; they also faced each other a second time on June 29th, 2024 (Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Jiri Prochazka record
The former Rizin and Ufc light-Hw champion Jiri Prochazka entered this fight with a professional mma record of 29-3-1 (97% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year (he vacated the belt on November 2022 after suffering a shoulder injury).
He suffered his last loss when he faced Muhammed Lawal in 2015 (Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka), since then he has won 13 consecutive bouts taking revenge on Lawal in 2019 (Muhammed King Mo Lawal vs Jiri Prochazka 2) and beating Dominick Reyes (4-stars match and also ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2021 (Dominick Reyes vs Jiri Prochazka) and Glover Teixeira in his last two (4-stars fight, Glover Teixeira vs Jiri Prochazka).
Prochazka’s next fight: Jiri Prochazka vs Aleksandar Rakic
Alex Pereira record
His opponent, the former Glory Mw, light-Hw kickboxing and former Ufc Mw champ Alex Pereira, has an official record of 8-2-0 (75% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.1 in the light heavyweight division.
‘Poatan’ Pereira has faced twice Israel Adesanya between 2022 and 2023, winning the first match (Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira I) and losing the second one (Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya II), after this bout he has also defeated Jan Blachowicz (Jan Blachowicz vs Alex Pereira).
Pereira’s next fight: Alex Pereira vs Jamahal Hill
Fight card
Here is the UFC 295 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira
Sergei Pavlovich vs Tom Aspinall
Mackenzie Dern vs Jessica Andrade
Matt Frevola vs Benoit St. Denis
Pat Sabatini vs Diego Lopes
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPNews / ESPN+)
Steve Erceg vs Alessandro Costa
Lupita Godinez vs Tabatha Ricci
Mateusz Rebecki vs Roosevelt Roberts
Nazim Sadykhov vs Viacheslav Borshchev
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Mark Madsen vs Jared Gordon
Kyung Ho Kang vs John Castaneda
Joshua Van vs Kevin Borjas
Jamall Emmers vs Dennis Buzukja
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 295 countdown Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 295 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 295 pre-fight press conference, featuring Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 295: Prochazka vs Pereira weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Portuguese
Official highlights
Spanish
Result
Who won Prochazka vs Pereira fight?
Alex Pereira defeated Jiri Prochazka via TKO at 4:08, round 2.
UFC 295 results
Here are the results of all the fights of UFC 295 Prochazka vs Pereira.
MAIN CARD
Alex Pereira def. Jiri Prochazka via TKO r2
Tom Aspinall def. Sergei Pavlovich via KO r1
Jessica Andrade def. Mackenzie Dern via TKO r2
Benoît Saint-Denis def. Matt Frevola via KO r1
Diego Lopes def. Pat Sabatini via KO r1
PRELIMINARY CARD
Steve Erceg def. Alessandro Costa via UD
Loopy Godinez def. Tabatha Ricci via SD
Mateusz Rębecki def. Roosevelt Roberts via SUB r1
Nazim Sadykhov vs Viacheslav Borshchev DRAW
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD
Jared Gordon def. Mark Madsen via TKO r1
John Castaneda def. Kang Kyung-ho via UD
Joshua Van def. Kevin Borjas via UD
Jamall Emmers def. Dennis Buzukja via TKO r1
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 295 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC 295 Fight of the Night: Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Nazim Sadykhov
UFC 295 Performance of the Night: Alex Pereira, Tom Aspinall, Jessica Andrade, Benoît Saint-Denis, Diego Lopes
