{"id":414203,"date":"2026-01-15T08:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414203\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:17:12","slug":"you-got-put-out-ufc-fans-react-to-khalil-rountree-jr-s-surprising-callout-of-jiri-prochazka-for-immediate-rematch-after-brutal-ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414203\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You got put out&#8217;&#8230;UFC fans react to Khalil Rountree Jr.&#8217;s surprising callout of Jiri Prochazka for immediate rematch after brutal KO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC fans had mixed reactions to light heavyweight contender Khalil Rountree Jr.\u2019s recent callout of Jiri Prochazka for a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka made a strong case for another title shot with a brutal knockout of Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 320 in October. In a back-and-forth battle for as long as the fight lasted, Prochazka rallied late to floor Rountree with one hook to win his second-straight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka\u2019s performance not only earned him a post-fight bonus from the UFC brass but also the UFC Honors award for \u2018Comeback of the Year\u2019 in 2025. Despite winning the award, Prochazka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/jiri-prochazka\/jiri-prochazka-questions-ufc-award-winning-comeback-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disputes his win as a \u2018comeback\u2019<\/a>, calling his performance largely dominant from start-to-finish.<\/p>\n<p>In the comments referenced above, Prochazka called for a \u2018step up\u2019 for his next Octagon appearance. A matchup with rising contender Carlos Ulberg is one possibility for Prochazka\u2019s next opponent amidst Alex Pereira\u2019s ongoing absence.<\/p>\n<p>But Prochazka was recently called out by a surprising name, Rountree, on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Khalil Rountree Jr. responded to Jiri Prochazka\u2019s recent \u2018comeback\u2019 UFC award dispute<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/khalilrountree\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, Rountree appeared to respond to Prochazka\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRematch? #LetsGoForThat,\u201d Rountree said.<\/p>\n<p>Fight fans weren\u2019t exactly universally enthused with Rountree\u2019s calls for a rematch after UFC 320.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got put out cold,\u201d one fan wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2011580402197282956?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest we can do is Rakic kid,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I deserve a rematch because I got my a\u2013 butchered by Pereira.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhalil Rountree needs to go link up with Merab and work on his cardio lol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNah he had his attempts and failed twice now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t he get knocked out like months ago?!?!?!?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here for it! Two great warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you had actual stamina and didn\u2019t quit you would be fighting for a belt by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing Lopes get a rematch with Volk. Why not make Jiri vs. Rountree 2?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaw I like Khalil but you got to fight whoever is back now after that loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC fans had mixed reactions to light heavyweight contender Khalil Rountree Jr.\u2019s recent callout of Jiri Prochazka for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,60150,60151,785,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-414203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-jiri-prochazka","12":"tag-khalil-rountree-jr","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}