LAS VEGAS – After a big comeback performance at UFC 300 on Saturday, Jiri Prochazka knew exactly what he wants next – even though he didn’t know yet whom it would be against.
Prochazka (30-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) took out Aleksandar Rakic (14-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) with a second-round TKO to close out the preliminary card at T-Mobile Arena. The UFC 300 card was stacked enough that Prochazka, not yet two years removed from the time he held the light heavyweight title, was relegated to prelims. He was one of 12 current or former UFC champs on the card.
Prochazka submitted Glover Teixeira to win the light heavyweight title in June 2022. He later vacated the title when he suffered an injury that was going to keep him on the shelf long enough to hold up the division.
