Jiri Prochazka is not wasting any of his energy on Jamahal Hill’s trash talk.
Hill has done an admirable job of keeping himself in the headlines over the last few months by criticizing reigning 205-pound titleholder Alex Pereira, and also took a few shots at Prochazka for getting smoked by “Poatan” in his last title fight.
“So that’s why I don’t care about these trash talks because do you know how the true confident man, a real man [looks] like? He don’t know,” Prochazka told MMA Fighting. “He don’t need to say some sh*t about others, to speak about his strong sides and about the weaknesses in his opponent because he’s self-confident too much to not do that. That’s, for me, the true power of the man. That’s it. I see that like a weakness to speak some bullsh*t about my opponents, man. I’m going there, I will show my best, and I will show that to all the world that I’m the best, and that’s all. My actions will talk.”
Prochazka is expected to risk his spot in the light heavyweight pecking order when he battles Hill as part of the upcoming UFC 311 pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 inside Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
“I don’t care what he’s saying because it’s not just primarily about me, it just shows what is in his head,” Prochazka continued. “Man, I don’t care about what other people say about me because when you know how this works, how to work the mental of the human body, so how people can speak about others and why they speak about others, especially when he don’t know me personally. He knows just my fighting style and in that, he’s totally out with his commentary.”
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