Alex Pereira is favored against Jirí Procházka at UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka 2 on Saturday, June 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is one of five fights on the main pay-per-view card. Pereira is 10-2 in his career, including 7-1 in the UFC, while Procházka is 30-4-1 in his career, including 4-1 in the UFC. There are a total of 13 fights, with five on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPN/ESPN+, and four on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass at UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka 2. Let’s look at the bout between Pereira and Procházka and UFC predictions.
UFC 303: Pereira vs. Procházka 2 takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, June 29 with 13 fights, with five on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPN/ESPN+, and four on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka II Betting
Alex Pereira (10-2, 7-1 UFC)
Pereira came into the UFC with a record of 3-1 and he has seven wins and one loss in the UFC. He defeated Andreas Michailidis by TKO, Bruno Silva by unanimous decision, Sean Strickland by KO, Israel Adesanya by TKO, Jan Blachowicz by split decision, Jirí Procházka by TKO, and Jamahal Hill by KO; while losing to Israel Adesanya by KO. Pereira has been a pro since 2015 and he has eight wins by TKO/KO and two by decision. He has four first round finishes.
Jirí Procházka (30-4-1, 4-1 UFC)
Procházka came into the UFC with a record of 26-3-1 and he has four wins and one loss in the UFC. He defeated Volkan Oezdemir by KO, Dominick Reyes by KO, Glover Teixeira by rear-naked choke submission, and Aleksandar Rakic by TKO; while losing to Alex Pereira by TKO. Procházka has been a pro since 2012 and he has 26 wins by TKO/KO and three by submission. He has 23 first round finishes.
Procházka said this to bloodyelbow.com about his upcoming fight against Pereira, “He’s a true warrior who lives his way, his warrior way, that’s something I like about him. I remember that from the fight, and before the fight and I learned a lot from these moments and right now it’s about using that, especially when I saw him before his fight (against Jamahal Hill). I saw how he was working against Jamahal and after the fight against Jamahal. I don’t want to be bad in (saying this), but I think he believes a lot in help of spiritual things, and that’s something that I think he can’t fight without because I want to keep that in a clear line. Just the sport performance, pure performance, man versus man, but I think he doesn’t know how to fight without that because he used these things every time, so I think right now, I’m looking forward to that.”
Procházka went on to say, “‘Poatan’ has Indigenous roots, and he is often seen at weigh-ins with tribal face paint and a headdress, representing his tribe. Everybody knows he is working with some Shamanics, with some Shamans from his hometown and he believes in some spiritual help from them. I believe too, but I believe in the best performance, in human performance right here right now, without no magic, and let’s see if Alex will still work like that because it’s working but I believe in a clear way, and I will do that and I want to win by that way.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Pereira 5.10 / Procházka 5.75
Striking Accuracy: Pereira 62% / Procházka 56%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Pereira 3.65 / Procházka 5.43
Defense: Pereira 50% / Procházka 41%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Pereira 0.18/ Procházka 0.79
Takedown Accuracy: Pereira 100% / Procházka 60%
Takedowns defended: Pereira 70% / Procházka 68%
Submission average: Pereira 0.4/ Procházka 0.3
UFC Picks
These two fought late last year and it was Pereira winning by 2nd round TKO. The UFC betting odds favor Pereira, but not by a lot. Both of these fighters have big-time finishing power, so it is unlikely this fight lasts long. It ended in the second-round last time and I think that is the most likely scenario again, so I will go under the rounds total. I prefer to go under 2.5 rounds and lay the small price rather than go under 1.5 rounds at plus money.
| DATE |
FIGHTERS |
MONEY LINE |
| 06/29 |
Jiri Prochazka |
+115 |
| Alex Pereira |
-145 |
| 06/29 |
Diego Lopes |
-140 |
| Brian Ortega |
+110 |
| 06/29 |
Macy Chiasson |
-120 |
| Mayra Bueno Silva |
-110 |
| 06/29 |
Marc-Andre Barriault |
+235 |
| Joe Pyfer |
-310 |
| 06/29 |
Ian Machado Garry |
-145 |
| Michael Page |
+115 |
| 06/29 |
Andre Fili |
-260 |
| Cub Swanson |
+201 |
| 06/29 |
Vinicius Oliveira |
+186 |
| Ricky Simon |
-240 |
| 06/29 |
Jean Silva |
+100 |
| Charles Jourdain |
-130 |
| 06/29 |
Yanis Ghemmouri |
+751 |
| Payton Talbott |
-1500 |
| 06/29 |
Michelle Waterson-Gomez |
+150 |
| Gillian Robertson |
-190 |
| 06/29 |
Andrei Arlovski |
+207 |
| Martin Buday |
-270 |
| 06/29 |
Carlos Hernandez |
+337 |
| Rei Tsuruya |
-475 |
| 06/29 |
Roman Dolidze |
-145 |
| Anthony Smith |
+115 |
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