Jiri Prochazka: The Warrior Mindset

A unique fighting style and character with a different mindset. Jiri is a new breed of fighter.Show more

His The Warrior Mindset is his main operating system as a Fighter.

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More About Jiri Prochazka 🔍
Jiri Prochazka was born on October 14, 1992. He is a Czech professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. As of July 4, 2022, he is #9 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Procházka started his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career in his native Czech Republic for Gladiator Fighting Championship (GFC) in 2012 where he would become their inaugural Light Heavyweight Champion in 2013. He then signed with the Japanese organization Rizin Fighting Federation (RFF) in 2015 and became their inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion in 2019.

Procházka signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2020. He made his debut at UFC 251 against Volkan Oezdemir where he won by knockout. Procházka's next bout was against Dominick Reyes where he won via knockout. In 2022, he then defeated Glover Teixeira via submission at UFC 275 to become the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.

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Jiri Prochazka's early life
Procházka's father died when he was 6 years old. In his youth, Procházka played amateur football for TJ Družstevník Hostěradice. He was also an active freestyle BMX rider and a floorball player.

As a teen, Procházka partook in street fights almost weekly, getting into more than 100 of them. This eventually led him to join the hooligan club tied to Prochazka's local soccer team, FC Zbrojovak Brno, where he would take part in organized group street fights with clubs of other teams, even participating in 30-on-30 brawls.

Procházka first encountered mixed martial arts before beginning high school, after a friend showed him videos of kickboxer Ramon Dekkers and mixed martial artists Mirko Filipovic and Fedor Emelianenko. After watching the film Never Back Down, he began to train in martial arts, in particular Thai boxing. In 2011, Procházka won the Czech Muay Thai Association National Championship at 86.18 kilograms.