{"id":462823,"date":"2022-11-11T12:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T20:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462823"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T20:45:31","slug":"jiri-prochazka-shoots-down-potential-ufc-super-fight-with-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jiri-prochazka-shoots-down-potential-ufc-super-fight-with-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiri Prochazka shoots down potential UFC super fight with Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jiri Prochazka doesn&#8217;t see a need in fighting Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p>Although Prochazka and Adesanya are both set to defend their titles before the year is up, &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; has spoken about wanting to fight at light heavyweight again in the future. Of course, Adesanya headlined UFC 259 against Jan Blachowicz for the 205lbs title but lost by a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the size played a role in Adesanya&#8217;s loss, he says he would like to fight at 205 again to prove he can win there, even if it isn&#8217;t for the belt.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LIQx23\">\u201cI\u2019ll lap the (middleweight) division again. Then I\u2019ll go back up at some point just for my own \u2013 maybe a little bit of ego. But, yeah, just because I can do it,\u201d Adesanya said at media day. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be for the belt. Right now, other Paradigm (Sports) guy Jiri\u2019s (Prochazka) got the belt, so let him do his thing. I just like testing myself. Again, there\u2019s heavyweight. I\u2019m not saying I can beat every 205 guy or every f*cking heavyweight, but they\u2019ll have problems with me. And yeah, there\u2019ll be times when (coach) Eugene (Bareman) might say, \u2018Take that guy out.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Who? What? All right, bet.\u2019 And I\u2019ll take them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jiri Prochazka also doesn&#8217;t want to fight Israel Adesanya as they both don&#8217;t want to fight one another due to them sharing management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not interested in this fight, because we share management and the people around,\u201d Prochazka said at the press conference (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/11\/jiri-prochazka-shuts-down-israel-adesanya-superfight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANews<\/a>). \u201cI respect him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka is set to defend his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 282 against Glover Teixeira on December 10. Adesanya, meanwhile, is set to fight Alex Pereira <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/ufc-281-pro-fighters-make-their-picks-for-israel-adesanya-vs-alex-pereira-title-fight\/\">in the main event of UFC 281 on Saturday against Alex Pereira<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think would&#8217;ve won, Jiri Prochazka or Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jiri Prochazka doesn&#8217;t see a need in fighting Israel Adesanya. Although Prochazka and Adesanya are both set to defend their titles before the year is up, &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; has spoken about wanting to fight at light heavyweight again in the future. Of course, Adesanya headlined UFC 259 against Jan Blachowicz for the 205lbs title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":462824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,55182,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jiri Prochazka shoots down potential UFC super fight with Israel Adesanya | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jiri Prochazka doesn&#039;t see a need in fighting Israel Adesanya as &#039;The Last Stylebender&#039; has said he wants to fight at 205lbs again.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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