{"id":604989,"date":"2026-04-13T22:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604989\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:33:09","slug":"legendary-coach-slams-jiri-prochazkas-mental-illness-over-post-fight-ufc-327-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604989\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary coach slams Jiri Prochazka&#8217;s &#8216;mental illness&#8217; over post-fight UFC 327 comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Mixed Martial Arts\u2019 most decorated coaches didn\u2019t hold back on Jiri Prochazka after his shocking defeat at UFC 327.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka suffered one of the strangest losses in recent Mixed Martial Arts history at UFC 327 last weekend in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg clashed in a vacant light heavyweight title fight following Alex Pereira\u2019s departure from the division. Prochazka got off to a strong start against Ulberg, landing several devastating leg kicks and leaving his opponent badly compromised.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a noticeably wobbly Ulberg being on the cusp of getting finished, Prochazka failed to pour on the pressure, as Ulberg rallied to a knockout win. In his UFC 327 post-fight comments, Prochazka hinted he took \u2018mercy\u2019 on Ulberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/carlos-ulberg\/carlos-ulberg-shuts-down-jiri-prochazka-rematch-post-fight-mercy-narrative\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after noticing his injured leg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prochazka\u2019s comments haven\u2019t sat well with fans, pundits, and fighters since UFC 327. One of the sport\u2019s most accomplished coaches didn\u2019t hold back on Prochazka, either.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Ray Longo to Jiri Prochazka: \u2018You\u2019re crazy for what you did!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/0_XDWtiAQl8?si=UOcjU-TflkjsViPu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Anik &amp; Florian Podcast<\/a>, legendary MMA coach Ray Longo went off on Prochazka following his \u2018mercy\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to discuss mental illness in MMA, because something\u2019s [wrong],\u201d Longo said of Prochazka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all funny when the guy is praying on Mount Olympus, drinking his own p***, but this is what happens. That poor guy was confused! \u2018Mercy! Mercy!\u2019, what the f***? You blew the f****** fight! You blew it! Holy s***, you gotta be kidding me\u2026his first training is to go and watch the Karate Kid [LAUGHS]\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you crying because you lost the fight? Or you know you\u2019re crazy because of what you did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ulberg shut down a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-knows-jiri-prochazka-is-upset-with-himself-following-ufc-327-loss-just-didnt-capitalize-on-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">potential immediate rematch<\/a> with Prochazka after UFC 327. Prochazka entered UFC 327 with lots of momentum following recent wins over Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree Jr.<\/p>\n<p>But Prochazka\u2019s pursuit of a second UFC light heavyweight title reign hit a major roadblock at UFC 327. According to Longo, Prochazka will need to do some serious soul-searching before returning to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Who should Jiri Prochazka fight after UFC 327? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Mixed Martial Arts\u2019 most decorated coaches didn\u2019t hold back on Jiri Prochazka after his shocking defeat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,29449,786,60150,785,85,787,205749],"class_list":{"0":"post-604989","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-carlos-ulberg","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-jiri-prochazka","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc","16":"tag-ufc-327"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604989","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=604989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}