Yahoo Sports MMA contributor Ben Fowlkes previews UFC 303 and explains why Alex Pereira vs. Jiří Procházka should be a great headline replacement for Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler.
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Ben, folks here at Yahoo Sports, we have UFC 303 happening in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Now, it’s obviously not going to be the kind of mega power event.
The UFC waited after Conor McGregor had to pull out of the main event with a broken toe, but the UFC moved a bit and got a replacement in the light heavyweight title rematch between champion Alex Brera and former champion Yuri Prohaska.
Now, there are two things that make me excited about this fight.
One is that I want to see what kind of adjustments Prohaska has made since the first fight.
You know, it wasn’t long ago that they met, less than a year ago.
He was involved in a shootout with Alex Pereira and did not go on his way.
I’m curious if he’ll go out there and try to do the same thing but better, or if he’ll instead try to explore some of the other areas of Pereira’s game.
Now, the other thing that makes me excited about this fight is that I don’t know if you can find two guys more intense than Pereira and Prohaska.
Both of these guys.
I mean, Pereira seems like a scary individual without even trying to be.
And Prohaska, this is a super intense guy who lives the samurai code.
You look into that guy’s eyes, you can tell he believes, he absolutely believes.
And sometimes in this sport that’s enough.
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