Jiří Procházka Has The Belief In Himself

Former Champion Out To Show Why He Is The Best, While Starting His Journey Back To The Title

By Maddyn Johnstone-Thomas • Jan. 17, 2025

Ji\u0159í Procházka prides himself on not only making it to the top of the light heavyweight division, but staying there, and since making his debut back in July 2020, Procházka has been able to do that.

It took Procházka only two UFC fights to get his crack at UFC gold, and it came after back-to-back knockout wins over Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes. The 32-year-old went on to defeat Glover Teixeira to become the first UFC champion from the Czech Republic. Since then, it has been a bit of a bumpy ride for Procházka, who had to vacate the title due to an…