Jiri Prochazka Wants UFC to Bring Back ‘No Time Limit’ Fights

Jiri Prochazka is not a fan of fights going to the judges’ scorecards.

According to Prochazka, with three different judges scoring the fight there are too many variables at play in arriving at the result. “BJP” would rather have two fighters simply go to battle with no time limits or no judges like in the early days of the UFC.

“I think the fights, especially in the UFC, can’t end for the points. Because for the points everytime there is a referee [judge], one referee is for him, one referee is for him and tell me, who wins. I think the best time for fighting was when that’s end for like no time limit…Bring it back,” Prochazka said recently on "The MMA Hour.”

If fights were to go on longer, Prochazka might have a slight advantage thanks to his past experience in Rizin Fighting Federation. The Czech was a light heavyweight champ in the Japanese promotion, which prior to 2018 had a rule set that featured a 10-minute first round followed by two five-minute rounds. According to Prochazka, once a fighter has accepted the initial shock of fighting beyond five minutes, they can focus on channelling their true warrior spirit.

“Since I was [in] Rizin, I had to adapt for their 10-minute rounds because 10-minute rounds are total chaos, it’s hard,” he said. “Then you stop to think about five minutes because it’s longer. When you accept it, then you start to think about your breathing, about your energetic system, how to deal with that. Then you can see there is no time limit, then you can see like a true warrior spirit. Like who really wants to win and who really knows their body and how to work with that.”

Prochazka will return after more than a year-long absence when he faces Alex Pereira for the vacant light heavyweight belt at UFC 295 on Saturday.