Jiri Prochazka fires back at 'stripper' Carlos Ulberg for pretender comment

Jiri Prochazka didn't take too kindly to Carlos Ulberg's comments on how their fight played out.

Ulberg (14-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) knocked out Prochazka (32-6-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in the first round of their vacant light heavyweight title fight at UFC 327 earlier this month. Ulberg managed to get the finish despite tearing his ACL, but Prochazka claimed he showed him mercy after noticing the injury.

Ulberg called Prochazka a pretender, but the former champion clarified that the mercy narrative was started by Joe Rogan, who put the word in his mouth during their post-fight interview.

"I don't want to hear this bullsh*t from a stripper," Prochazka said on "The Ariel Helwani Show." "Yeah, this is it. I believe that in the cage, we fighters are one of the most rare people in the world. Does anybody think that I prepared my words after the fight to tell the crowd like, 'I was so merciful?' Man, first of all, I didn't say that. I didn't say that because Joe Rogan told me it was a mercy. It was not about mercy, but I just saw him, he was hurt, and I just didn't accept the scenario of the fight that it can be an easy fight.

"Only thing I know is hard work, keep working, beat the opponent through hard work. Right now, this time, it showed me it can be really easy, and I was not prepared for this scenario. About the things that he's saying right now, congrats, he's the champion. Really, he caught me. I accept that, but all these things that he said about I played something, maybe I'm too old to play something. I want to be rare. I want to be real. That was bullsh*t what he said. I don't want to say any more things and some excuses, I don't care. I lost. I accept, and let's go back."

Since claiming then vacating his UFC light heavyweight belt in 2022, Prochazka is now 0-3 in title fights.

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Joe Rogan to blame for Jiri Prochazka-Carlos Ulberg 'mercy' beef?