Jiri Prochazka wants to run it back with newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion Carlos Ulberg.
Prochazka suffered a first-round knockout loss to Ulberg in the UFC 327 main event Saturday in Miami. Although Ulberg hurt his knee early in the bout, Prochazka couldn't capitalize and said afterward that he felt like he let the fight slip away.
"Big apologies for my performance tonight," Prochazka said in a video on his Instagram Stories. "I still can't understand this, my stupid mercy in the fight. That cost me this fight. I would like to fight the rematch, because that was my fight. That was my fight, and I just gave him this opportunity to catch me."
Ulberg confirmed in his postfight interview that he "blew out" his knee in the opening moments of the bout. The exact injury is still unknown, but the 35-year-old New Zealander will likely be sidelined for several months.
Prochazka, a former light heavyweight champion and the current No. 2-ranked contender, had won two in a row going into his vacant title fight with Ulberg. The 33-year-old Czech holds a 3-3 record dating back to 2023, which includes a pair of knockout losses to former two-division champion Alex Pereira.
