Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka

[MasterofMartialArts]

@jgiveshead

@MasterofMartialArts

Jiri just has a tendency to pull guys into these fire fights, and that’s where he thrives. Mousasi is probably the worst matchup possible for him.

I was rethinking it a bit, wondering why my view seems to be so unpopular. One of the things I realized is that I was bringing up names that are from yesteryear, number one, and two, the guys who are still active from that list, they’d never get close to a title shot. Going even further, the guys on my list don’t match up very well against the guys the Jiri KO’ed. So at minimum, I should probably change the tone of my voice when I talk about Jiri.

Having said that, I still think some technical, disciplined strikers like Machida and Mousasi would give him fits. And you brought up the fire fight issue. I agree he’d probably easily finish both guys by drawing them out of their technical shell and drawing them into a firefight.

BUT, there’s one guy who thrives on those firefights who was also on my list. Rumble. I think Anthony Johnson would beat him up and KO him so badly that it’d change the arc of Jiri’s career. He’d Houston Alexander Keith Jardine.

I mostly agree. The only part I (partially) disagree with is Rumble. I think he’s overrated. Always has been. Sure he has otherworldly power, but he wasn’t ever necessarily the most skilled striker in the world.

Against Jiri, he would have problems. Jiri will start putting a pace on him. Not only has AJ had problems with cardio…. He’s a good hammer and bad nail. We’ve all seen him quit when fights don’t go his way.

Of course AJ could knock Jiri’s head into Bolivia. Jiri could also do the same to him. He just has a better chance of landing the shot because he has a lot more weapons. The sort of KO that AJ can deliver is possibly the only way Jiri can be completely taken out right now, but I wouldn’t call it a sure thing.

[Taco_Muncher]

Marc Goddard is a quality ref. He had no doubts about what was happening. I don’t think we’ve heard any complaints from Glover about being robbed either.

Marc Goddard

[SprawlnStall]

@Cool-Arrow

Nah he kept doing that. I thought the same but he would do it in innocuous positions where there was no chance he’d have tapped. I didn’t realized anyone else noticed

He did it when there was stalling, as to say, let’s go, ACTION. Indeed, it was not when he was in any danger. But quite a big risk to take IMO.

[jgiveshead]

Tapping as a matter of irony in a title fight might not mean late onset Down Syndrome, but I’m going to be watching whether he puts ketchup in his cereal a little bit more closely now.

[MMApurist]

Randy did it late in the Tito fight too. His tapping was spanking but watching it live back in the day you thought for a split second wtf is Randy tapping to in a fight he was dominating lol but they were spanks. Still risky for anyone to do anything that resembles tapping for any reason.

[sureshock]

Jiri Prochazka, the last samurai

[MasterofMartialArts]

@MMApurist

Randy did it late in the Tito fight too. His tapping was spanking but watching it live back in the day you thought for a split second wtf is Randy tapping to in a fight he was dominating lol but they were spanks. Still risky for anyone to do anything that resembles tapping for any reason.

Apparently Jiri was warned about this? Imagine having to tell a guy that he cannot slap his opponent in the face during an MMA fight, and him saying fuck you bitch, I do what I want. Lol.