Pereira knocked out Prochazka thanks to the Czech's warm-up video

Alexandr Ormanji June 30, 2024, 1:20 p.m.

UFC bantamweight champion Alex Pereira revealed why he decided to punch the high kick he used to knock out Jiri Prohazka.

"No, the hi-kick was not part of the plan for the fight. During the warm-up in the locker room, my trainer Plinio Cruz showed a video of Jiri warming up. We saw him trying to use one combination to counter with a low-kick to the calf, and we noticed that his timing in this workout was wrong. He was overly focused on not missing the low-kick, so he kept his hands quite low and thus his head was left unprotected. That's when I realized I should use the high kick," Bloody Elbow quoted Pereira as saying.

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