UFC light heavyweight star Jiri Prochazka has voluntarily vacated his championship belt after picking up a shoulder injury in training.
Jiří Procházka, Glover Teixeira, and the UFC have all commented on the massive change to UFC 282's light heavyweight title bout.
The now-former light heavyweight champion gave fans an update on how he's doing following his decision to vacate his UFC title.
UFC fans were rocked this week by the news that current light-heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka has suffered a major shoulder injury.
Jiri Prochazka has suffered “the worst shoulder injury the doctors have seen in UFC history”, according to president Dana White.
Jiri Prochazka announced that he is pulling out of UFC 282 and vacating his belt due to a serious shoulder injury. More at MMAnytt.com.
Jiri Prochazka will not rematch Glover Teixeira next month after suffering a serious shoulder injury that will sideline him for an extended period.As.