Jiří Procházka (31-5-1, 30) was born in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia on October 14, 1992. At the age of 19 years on April 7, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Stanislav Futera, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On July 12, 2020, 27-year old Jiří Procházka made his UFC debut on his 31st professional MMA fight at UFC 251 against a 30-year old Volkan Oezdemir, winning the fight in the 2nd round via KO.
He became the UFC light-heavyweight champion on June 12, 2022 at age 29 on his 33rd professional MMA fight at UFC 275 after defeating Glover Teixeira via 5th-round submission.
Procházka's last fight was a 3rd-round TKO win against Jamahal Hill at UFC 311 at age 32 on January 18, 2025. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought seven times in the UFC, and has a record of 5 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Jiří Procházka's best fights have been against C. B. Dollaway, Muhammed Lawal, Dominick Reyes, Volkan Oezdemir, Aleksandar Rakić, Satoshi Ishii and Vadim Nemkov.
Procházka has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37  | Jan 18, 2025 32 years, 3 months 31-5-1 (30) | 33 years, 7 months 12-2 (7) | UFC | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
36  | Jun 29, 2024 31 years, 8 months 30-5-1 (29) | 36 years, 11 months 10-2 (8) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Head kick and punches For UFC light-heavyweight title |
35  | Apr 13, 2024 31 years, 5 months 30-4-1 (29) | 32 years, 2 months 14-3 (10) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
34 | Nov 11, 2023 31 years 29-4-1 (28) | 36 years, 4 months 8-2 (6) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Elbows For UFC light-heavyweight title Vacant |
33 | Jun 12, 2022 29 years, 7 months 29-3-1 (28) | Glover Teixeira | UFC | LHW | 5 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke Won UFC light-heavyweight title |
32  | May 1, 2021 28 years, 6 months 28-3-1 (27) | 31 years, 4 months 12-2 (9) | UFC | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Spinning back elbow |
31  | Jul 12, 2020 27 years, 8 months 27-3-1 (26) | 30 years, 9 months 17-4 (13) | UFC | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Punch |
30  | Dec 31, 2019 27 years, 2 months 26-3-1 (25) | 36 years, 4 months 17-9 (9) | Rizin | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches Defended Rizin light-heavyweight title |
29  | Oct 12, 2019 26 years, 11 months 25-3-1 (24) | 39 years, 6 months 25-13 (19) | Rizin | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
28  | Apr 21, 2019 26 years, 6 months 24-3-1 (23) | 38 years, 3 months 21-8 (13) | Rizin | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches Won Rizin light-heavyweight title |
27  | Dec 31, 2018 26 years, 2 months 23-3-1 (22) | 32 years, 3 months 12-4 (5) | Rizin | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches |
26 | Sep 30, 2018 25 years, 11 months 22-3-1 (21) | Jake Heun | Rizin | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
25  | Jul 28, 2018 25 years, 9 months 21-3-1 (20) | 29 years, 2 months 10-4 (10) | Rizin | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
24  | Dec 29, 2017 25 years, 2 months 20-3-1 (19) | 24 years, 3 months 6-1 (5) | Rizin | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
23 | Sep 29, 2017 24 years, 11 months 19-3-1 (18) | Wilian Roberto Alves | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
22 | Sep 25, 2016 23 years, 11 months 18-3-1 (17) | Mark Tanios | Rizin | HW | 2 | UD | WIN |
21  | Apr 17, 2016 23 years, 6 months 17-3-1 (17) | 45 years, 6 months 15-10 (12) | Rizin | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
20 | Dec 31, 2015 23 years, 2 months 16-3-1 (16) | 34 years, 11 months 18-4 (12) | Rizin | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
19  | Dec 31, 2015 23 years, 2 months 16-2-1 (16) | 23 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Rizin | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Retirement |
18  | Dec 29, 2015 23 years, 2 months 15-2-1 (15) | 29 years 14-4-1 (6) | Rizin | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick and knees |
17 | Nov 21, 2015 23 years, 1 months 14-2-1 (14) | Evgeni Kondratov | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
16 | May 22, 2015 22 years, 7 months 13-2-1 (13) | Michał Fijałka | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
15 | Mar 27, 2015 22 years, 5 months 12-2-1 (12) | Rokas Stambrauskas | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
14  | Dec 20, 2014 22 years, 2 months 11-2-1 (11) | 24 years, 11 months 6-1 (5) | LHW | 3 | UD | DRAW Majority | |
13 | Nov 14, 2014 22 years, 1 months 11-2 (11) | Darko Stošić | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12 | Jun 6, 2014 21 years, 7 months 10-2 (10) | Tomáš Penz | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Flying knee and punches | |
11 | Mar 21, 2014 21 years, 5 months 9-2 (9) | Viktor Bogutzki | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
10 | Dec 7, 2013 21 years, 1 months 8-2 (8) | Martin Šolc | LHW | 3 | KO | WIN Flying knee | |
9 | Oct 12, 2013 20 years, 11 months 7-2 (7) | Oliver Dohring | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
8 | Jun 20, 2013 20 years, 8 months 6-2 (6) | Abdul-Kerim Edilov | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
7 | May 10, 2013 20 years, 6 months 6-1 (6) | Radovan Estocin | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Flying knee and punches | |
6 | Feb 15, 2013 20 years, 4 months 5-1 (5) | Josef Žák | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5  | Dec 9, 2012 20 years, 1 months 4-1 (4) | 23 years, 11 months 6-1 (6) | LHW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
4 | Nov 15, 2012 20 years, 1 months 4-0 (4) | Strahinja Denić | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
3 | Oct 20, 2012 20 years 3-0 (3) | Martin Vaniš | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Aug 24, 2012 19 years, 10 months 2-0 (2) | Vladimír Eis | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Knee | |
1 | Apr 7, 2012 19 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | Stanislav Futera | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
