Henry Cejudo: Jiri Prochazka needs to abet defense or this could perhaps honest cost him vs. Alex Pereira

Henry Cejudo warns Jiri Prochazka that he can’t be careless towards Alex Pereira.

Outdated college champion Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) meets Pereira (8-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) for the vacant gentle heavyweight title within the UFC 295 major tournament Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in Quiet York.

Prochazka has displayed a wild trend in his three UFC appearances, which score resulted in spectacular finishes over Volkan Oezdemir, Dominick Reyes and Glover Teixeira. Prochazka furthermore has the tendency to fetch hit, and Cejudo says he can’t afford to take in shapely photography towards any individual with the energy of dilapidated Glory Kickboxing twin-champion, and ex-UFC middleweight champ Pereira.

“The map, as precise as you is seemingly to be with every thing, there’s one condo the put I in truth feel like you in truth wish to improve at – two areas,” Cejudo acknowledged on his YouTube channel. “Your defense, with your fingers: I don’t like seeing you fetch hit on chronicle of that can cost you towards a man like Alex Pereira. Then the object extra, too, is your takedown defense. Your takedown defense continues to be a runt bit suspect.”

Cejudo rated Prochazka’s threshold very highly, however thinks he could perhaps employ some work on his map. He praised him for now not giving up when in compromising positions, however says he needs to tighten up his defense standing up and on the bottom.

“If there’s an condo the put I in truth feel like he in truth needs to improve, it’s (map) – in particular his defense,” Cejudo acknowledged. “And the object extra is his takedown defense.”

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