Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Jiří Procházka underwent a three-day isolation with out fundamental wants forward of his Octagon return.
Procházka will face UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira within the UFC 303 most important occasion on Saturday in Las Vegas. He and Pereira will headline the cardboard on quick discover after Conor McGregor’s withdrawal from his scheduled struggle with Michael Chandler.
Procházka is a novel persona out and in of the cage. He’s identified for unorthodox strategies contained in the Octagon whereas struggling via unorthodox coaching strategies forward of his fights.
To additional gasoline the intrigue behind his Samurai methods, Procházka entered a three-day isolation with out meals and electrical energy. Through the isolation, he nonetheless skilled regardless of the quick and can look to display the fruits of his labor at UFC 303.
Jiří Procházka: Isolation “Simpler than you’d suppose”
In a current episode of The MMA Hour, Procházka shared what he took away from his three-day isolation.
“It was nice! Three and a half days, simply you and water,” Procházka mentioned. “Nonetheless coaching, however spending the time together with your finest concepts, motivation, undergo your fears and that’s all that you simply do…
“We had a bag there, a bathe, bathroom, and in a couple of minutes if you shut the lights, then you definitely acknowledge the whole lot there as a result of you have got the senses of the contact. Shadowboxing, respiratory strategies, visualization…it’s a lot simpler than you’d suppose. It’s nearly being a good friend to your self, after which gently, step-by-step, you’ll do no matter [you want].”
Procházka seeks revenge towards Pereira at UFC 303, simply seven months after shedding by knockout at UFC 295. He’s trying to proceed the shape he demonstrated towards Aleksandar Rakić at UFC 300.
Time will inform if Procházka’s quick, uncommon coaching camp strategies will repay at UFC 303. His remarks about isolation and self-growth say that he’s getting into this struggle with lots of humility and power.