Why didn’t Teixeira hit Prochazka? I waited six and a half hours for the weigh-in. It took a while for my body to calm down, said the Brazilian

The then champion Glover Teixeira was close to defending his title, but Jiří Procházka managed to stop him in the last round and enjoyed the biggest success of his career. The Brazilian has now described the reasons why this happened.

Almost five months ago, the general Czech public rejoiced at Jiri Procházka’s huge success. He won the UFC title when he was able to defeat veteran Glover Teixeira.

The latter was close to winning on points, but Procházka found the inner strength within himself and finally managed to finish him. The Brazilian has now described the reasons why it happened, or rather could have happened.

He was already having problems before the weigh-in, which did not go as he expected. “The weigh-in itself was not a problem. The problem was rather the way everything went in Singapore.

I actually ended up waiting six and a half hours for the weigh-in, which made it difficult for me to refill because I was vomiting. It took a while for my body to calm down, get back to normal and recover.

In a five-round match then, it can definitely make a difference. I’m not saying that it would have made a difference in the outcome or that it would have possibly made a difference. Itcould have turned out the same even if I didn’t have problems, but in a five-round match it undoubtedly just throws you off,” he told Combate.

One can definitely agree with his words, as such a small thing can certainly have an impact on performance. However, despite this, he gave an excellent performance.

Walk has had to slowly accept that his first title shot will end in failure and he will have to wait for many months for another one.

But in the end, it was he who could rejoice and thanks to the evenly matched fight, he decided to give Glover a chance for a rematch, so we will see a rematch on December 10.

Source: Combate, MMA Shorties, UFC