Plinio Cruz, coach of UFC bantamweight champion Alex Pereira, is surprised that his charge was able to knock out Jiri Prochazka so quickly.
"Alex is much better in the stand-up than Prochazka. We wanted to start the fight calmly. I told Alex, 'Bro, let's take it slow in the first two rounds. Hold your horses." We know that Jiri becomes less disciplined as the fight progresses - he starts taking risks, throwing desperate punches. The plan for the fight was to take it slow in the first rounds and then build up the pace. We knew that they couldn't last five rounds because of the shortened training. And then we found that video..." - Cruz said in an interview with MMA Hour.
