Part of the reason why Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg are fighting over the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 327 is because of Alex Pereira. “Poatan” vacated the title in order to move up to heavyweight, a decision that Prochazka claims he actually saw coming for a long time.

“I saw that coming. We spoke with UFC about this a long time before it happened. We knew that with my team a long time before it happened. I prepared myself one and a half months before it was announced to everyone that I will have to fight with Carlos Ulberg. First month was just I believed that will happen. Then we transferred to Mexico City for high altitude training, we trained there for one month and we came back and then UFC told me ‘you will have the title fight.’ We just believed for this option and it happened. I’m glad for that. Really glad.”

While he isn’t focusing on avenging the two losses to Pereira right now, Prochazka did note that a trilogy fight will likely happen at some point. It’s just the case of getting past Ulberg before he shifts his focus. “I believe that we will meet in the future with Alex, also, but right now I’m fully focused for my next opponent. That’s all.” Prochazka has experience of fighting at heavyweight if he needs to move up a weight class to fight Pereira again, but if Pereira’s journey to becoming the first-ever three-divisional UFC Champion doesn’t go according to plan, the fight can always happen at 205.

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