Former undisputed UFC mild heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka has sights fastened on a slightly quickfire return from damage, with the Czech Republic native claiming a summer time Octagon comeback could possibly be on the playing cards.
Prochazka, the present #1 mild heavyweight champion, vacated his undisputed crown again in December of final yr forward of UFC 282, after a debilitating shoulder damage suffered on the UFC Efficiency Institute pressured him from the headlining bout.
Slated to battle Brazilian veteran, Glover Teixeira in Las Vegas, Nevada – Prochazka had minted himself because the undisputed mild heavyweight champion with a fifth spherical rear-naked choke win over the Minas Gerais favourite again in June in Singapore.
Within the time since, each Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought to a attract a vacant title battle at UFC 282, nevertheless, Dana White’s Contender Sequence alum, Jamahal Hill minted himself as the brand new undisputed mild heavyweight titleholder with a choice win over Teixeira at UFC 283 final weekend in Brazil.
Jiri Prochazka outlines summer time timeline for UFC return
Anticipated to problem for Octagon gold in his speedy return to the UFC, Prochazka, who was anticipated to stay sidelined for as much as a yr, claims he might make a return as early because the summer time.
“Every thing goes an effective way,” Jiri Prochazka instructed Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. “Subsequent week I’m going to Las Vegas to proceed in rehabilitation and all these processes to be fast, to [have] the quickest approach again attainable, I don’t wish to be [too] quick for the shoulder, nevertheless it’s getting significantly better all people expects, so I’m pleased for that.”
“I feel I may be again in July or August, one thing like that,” Jiri Prochazka defined. “Six or seven months, one thing like that. As a result of I don’t need the quickest approach again simply to battle. I do know this isn’t the very best perspective. I wish to ensure that my physique works for 200 p.c, and I feel it may be in summer time of this yr. Simply let me work on that and I can be again as quickly as attainable.”
3-0 since his UFC arrival again in 2020, Prochazka managed to land consecutive knockout wins over each Volkan Oezdemir, after which Dominick Reyes.
