Anthony Smith thinks the short-notice nature provides Jiri Prochazka the perfect likelihood to beat Alex Pereira at UFC 303.
Prochazka (30-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) challenges mild heavyweight champion Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in a title battle rematch June 29 at T-Cellular Enviornment – a matchup that was put collectively after the unique predominant occasion between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler was scrapped.
Prochazka was completed by Pereira of their November 2023 vacant title battle at UFC 295. Daniel Cormier thinks Prochazka wants extra time to make obligatory changes to dethrone Pereira, however Smith disagrees.
“I sort of disagree with you just a little bit,” Smith mentioned throughout a visitor co-host look on ESPN’s “Good Man/Dangerous Man”. “I don’t know that extra time helps Jiri Prochazka. I don’t know if he can change the issues he wants to vary to persistently beat Alex Pereira. He’s a wild man and if he modifies that, he loses what’s nice about his fashion and what makes him.”
Smith thinks Pereira is a foul matchup for Prochazka, therefore why he additionally thinks catching a probably unprepared Pereira provides him the best likelihood of profitable.
“Can he beat him? Completely,” Smith mentioned. “One thing loopy might occur and he might find yourself within the scramble. He might damage him. It’s potential. I’m not saying that is an not possible activity. I simply don’t know that extra time goes to assist him any extra than simply moving into and doing it proper now.
“I believe that is best-case situation. Perhaps Alex hasn’t been coaching his hardest, perhaps his cardio isn’t the place it must be. …Final time I seen Alex Pereira, he was an absolute monster. I believe that’s (weight lower) the largest battle he’s going to have that whole weekend.”
Smith (38-19 MMA, 13-9 UFC) will likely be stepping in on brief discover himself when he replaces an injured Jamahal Hill towards rising mild heavyweight contender Carlos Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) additionally at UFC 303.
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