Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira UFC 295 Live Blog, Updates
Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira’s bout at UFC 295 was shifted to be the main event of the night as they fight for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Prochazka had to relinquish this title in December last year just before his first title defense at UFC 282. Jamahal Hill won the title at UFC 283, but he also had to relinquish it in August this year. Prozachka is currently riding 13 fights winning streak with 3 wins coming in UFC. Volkan Oezdemir and Dominik Reyes were his other two victims before the title win.
Alex Pereira tries to become a 2-division champion here as he is already a former middleweight champion. He made his move up to the light heavyweight division just in his last bout, and defeated another former champion in Jan Blancowicz. Will he be able to repeat that performance to pull off another title win here?
Join us here as we post play-by-play updates from UFC 295 main event.
Live Updates
Poatan does his bow pose during his entrance. Jiri is looking intense. An intense staredown before the introductions. Bruce Buffer announces both the main event fighters. Marc Goodard is the referee for the match.
Round 1: Jiri throws the first calf kick on the outside of Alex’s right. Alex also returns the favor. He goes for a high kick a few seconds later. Jiri hits an uppercut. A calf kick from Alex drops Jiri. Jiri gets up quickly. After 15 seconds, Alex hits another calf kick. Jiri is already wobbly on his legs. Jiri lands a punch. Alex hits more calf kicks. Jiri goes for a takedown but Alex hits him with punches. Alex goes for a guillotine choke. Jiri gets a takedown but Alex has the choke on. 3 minutes are gone in the round. Jiri gets out of it and tries to get on the half gaurd. Alex is minimizing the damage so far. Jiri has him flat out on his back now. Jiri hits elbow shots as the final minute starts. Alex starts to get back up. Jiri lands a knee to midsection. Alex lands a punch. Jiri lands an uppercut.
Round 2: Jiri lands a left to start this round. Next 20 seconds go by before Alex lands a combo of jabs. Both men are keeping a lot of distance. Both men are attempting their jabs from distance. Jiri goes for a pump kick. He goes for a high kick next. Pereira lands a jab. He hits Jiri’s leg thrice in quick succession. Jiri lands a couple of left hooks and big right. Jiri lands a knee to body before he fires a couple of more body shots. Alex hits one punch back but Jiri is winning this melee. They return to the middle after a while. Alex lands more calf kicks. He lands a left hook. Jiri pushes him into the cage. He attempts a takedown to no avail. Both men land leg kicks. Jiri lands a couple of punches but Alex drops him with his combo. Jiri pushes him to the cage but Alex hits elbows and fists on his head. Jiri is down on his back and the referee stops the contest. An early stoppage it seems.
Result: Alex Pereira won via TKO at 4:08 in round 2.
