Jiri Prochazka has doubts that Alex Pereira will get an immediate rematch with Magomed Ankalaev.
This comes after Ankalaev, who secured a unanimous decision victory over Pereira in March to claim the light heavyweight belt, accused the former champion of dodging potential rematch dates. Pereira has dismissed these claims, as he has returned to training, with his focus being to reclaim the belt. Despite recent retirement rumors—which he attributes to a hacked X post—Pereira has confirmed his intention to target a rematch with Ankalaev. However, Prochazka remains unconvinced that Pereira will be granted an immediate opportunity to fight for the title again.
“I believe Pereira isn’t going to fight [Ankalaev], so my manager is trying to keep negotiating the fight with Ankalaev. If Pereira will fight with him, I will fight with somebody else, but I’m focused on Ankalaev after that. He’s a big mouth. He’s a big mouth guy. I don’t care really [who runs his Twitter]. Right now I really don’t care about that because he did enough to [make me want to] stop him, to take him seriously. This is not how the champ have to speak … He will put himself down by himself just by this nonsense talking,” Prochazka said