UFC President Dana White has blamed Jiri Prochazka’s injury on the man who badly reset the Czech fighter’s shoulder, and the former UFC light heavyweight champion claims that Magomed Ankalaev’s team representative tried to help him.
“We worked easily, everything was fine, but I made a mistake – I let the guy take my back, and he had a suplex, throwing me right on his shoulder,” the Czech fighter said in the next edition of the MMA Hour program. “My shoulder popped out, and one Russian guy from Ankalaev’s team put it back on me, after which we went to the hospital”
“Nobody did anything wrong – it was just my mistake. I wasn’t focused, so the blame is entirely on me. In the last fight, my shoulder already hurt, so I think we just broke what was already broken. ”
At the same time, Prochazka made it clear that the leadership of the organization convinced him to vacate the title.
“For me, all this was very hard, but after talking with the leadership of the UFC, I realized that the show must go on. I wanted to be champion, injured or not, but if it’s good for the light heavyweight division, then so be it.”
“My goal is to be the best fighter in the world, not just light heavyweight. That’s why I vacated the title and am ready to wait for the moment when I can come back full of strength and take it back. Many people say that I need eight to nine months, but I know my body and believe that I can fully recover in three to four months.
After an unsuccessful attempt to play for the vacant championship belt in a duel between Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz, which ended in a draw, the UFC management announced a title fight between Glover Teixeira and Jamal Hill, who will head the UFC 283 tournament in Rio de Janeiro on January 21.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30314-prokhazka-soobshchil-o-prichastnosti-komandy-ankalaeva-k-svoej-travme.html?rand=19907
