Chael Sonnen doesn't buy Jiri Prochazka's UFC 327 'mercy' excuse
Former heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka stood in front of a compromised Carlos Ulberg late in the opening round of the UFC 327 main event last Saturday seemingly on his way to becoming a two-time titleholder. Ulberg had injured his knee and was having difficulty with stability and movement. He became a stationary target.
Prochazka looked to close the distance and was clipped with a clean left hand that sent him crashing to the canvas. Ulberg urgently finished with a series of punches and hammer fists in a stunning turn of events. Alex Pereira vacated the 205-pound championship to move up to the heavyweight division in a quest to become the first fighter to ever win three UFC divisional championships.
His departure left a vacancy at the top of the division that Ulberg now fills. Following the fight, Prochazka blamed the loss on showing 'mercy' on the visibly injured Ulberg. "I felt like mercy, you know, in that fight.
I felt so so sorry with him," Prochazka said in his octagon interview following the fight. "That fight was won. I won that fight.
I had it. It was in my hands and I just left him because I just saw his injury and ... " Former multiple-time title challenger and UFC analyst Chael Sonnen didn't see it the way Prochazka tells it.