{"id":591897,"date":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/591897\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","slug":"ufc-327-is-jiri-prochazkas-fighting-style-unsustainable-former-ko-artist-believes-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/591897\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 327: Is Jiri Prochazka&#8217;s fighting style unsustainable? Former KO artist believes so"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jiri Prochazka has found success with his unpredictable fighting style, but is the bubble about to burst?<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka has a chance to become a two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion on Saturday. He\u2019ll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/alex-pereira\/alex-pereira-vacates-ufc-jiri-prochazka-announced-for-ufc-327\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meet Carlos Ulberg for the vacant gold<\/a> in the main event of UFC 327. Some are wondering if Prochazka\u2019s unpredictability will be enough to halt the streaking Ulberg.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC fan favorite Matt Brown had that same question during an episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/480855\/matt-brown-argues-jiri-prochazka-hasnt-evolved-much-at-all-and-his-wild-style-isnt-sustainable-i-dont-see-where-it-lasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMAFighting<\/a>\u2018s \u201cThe Fighter vs. The Writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJiri, you just never really know what to expect,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI think my biggest question with Jiri that I\u2019ve had for a long time and I\u2019m going to keep having \u2014 you can\u2019t play around with non-fundamentals forever. At some point, that starts to catch up with you. I think we\u2019ve seen that a little bit with Israel Adesanya, and we\u2019ve seen it with Anderson Silva. It\u2019s like the Naseem Hamed, when he wins it looks f*cking amazing. God that\u2019s wild, it\u2019s amazing you did that! [But] you can\u2019t do it when you\u2019re 45 years old. Fight in the way that Jiri does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown went a step further by saying he doesn\u2019t believe Prochazka has evolved much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to evolve, too,\u201d Brown said. \u201cHe could always have that part of him as part of his game. I don\u2019t mean to be the critic \u2014 he\u2019s accomplished more than I did in my career \u2014 but I don\u2019t see where it lasts and I don\u2019t see where he\u2019s evolved much at all. He\u2019s just done more of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since making his way to the UFC banner, Prochazka has only suffered two losses. Both of those defeats were against Alex Pereira, who has been on a Hall of Fame run. Time will tell if Prochazka can become a two-time UFC titleholder to further add to his own legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Jiri Prochazka\u2019s wild fighting style is sustainable? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jiri Prochazka has found success with his unpredictable fighting style, but is the bubble about to burst? Prochazka&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-591897","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-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591897","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=591897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}