The former UFC light heavyweight champion Jiří Procházka is set to return to the Octagon at the first PPV event of 2025.
"BJP" will be taking on another former titleholder at 205-pounds in Jamahal Hill who has had some interesting things to say about the Czech fighter in the past.
In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Procházka gave his thoughts on the match-up and where his mindset is at right now with fight night just a few more weeks away:
“He’s an opponent who I wanted before and he had a lot of things to [say] about me and my my style, my everything, whatever,” Procházka told MMA Fighting. “So right now, time to fight, that’s all. And I’m ready to show my best, and that’s all.”
Anyone who has ever watched Procházka before knows that he has never been the trash talking type and he doesn't take kindly to others calling out his name.
He has been waiting a long time to finally stand across the Octagon from Hill but in regards to some of the things "Sweet Dreams" has had to say, he takes little interest in it.
“It’s not me who is saying that. He’s saying that. He’s just showing that about himself because, lots of talking, lots of talking. The man is not here in this world to speak about others, but to do the right things. When the man wants to fight, [when] a warrior wants to fight, he will fight. That’s all. No talk, no [doing] bulls***, some stupid things. Do it. That’s all.”
For Procházka, fighting is a spiritual experience and he knows no other way of doing it.
At the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on January 18, you can expect to see the same stoic samurai that fight fans have come to love.
“Yeah [I’m locked in], but you know what? I have no other option,” Procházka said. “I have no other option. This is my life. This is what I realized. This warrior path is my life and this is what I have to do, what I need to do, what I want to do."
Watch the full interview below:
