Welcome to fatherhood, Jiri Prochazka.
On Thursday, the former UFC light heavyweight champion shared the first photos of his newborn daughter, Eleonora, and some emotional words on the life-changing event, which came less than a week after he suffered a knockout loss to Carlos Ulberg in their vacant title fight last Saturday at UFC 327.
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Prochazka wrote on X:
GOD BLESS 🙏
PURE, PURE POWER of love to the New born Eleonora, the firstborn daughter and her mother who today showed immense strength that I never knew she had. 🙏
Second:Till the End of this week I’ll do some comment for the bullshit I see here in social about my last fight, other hyenas around, and next step.
Main point in fight and also in LifeStay true to what you believe in, and be ready to FIGHT FOR IT and SACRIFICE WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO.
THIS FOR SURE WAS MY TITLE FIGHT OF LIFE AND I FEEL LIKE IAMTHECHAMPION 🙏⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
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In the buildup to UFC 327, Prochazka was candid about the motivation he felt as he and his girlfriend expected their first child.
“A lot. A lot,” Prochazka said in a pre-fight interview with MMA Junkie. “Maybe I’m not realizing it yet, but I feel the power. Really feel something that’s in the beyond, behind the feelings, behind the emotions. There is something that is stronger than I ever, ever, ever met before. I can tell, and it’s not the reason. It’s really something that was here, and every time we have a call with my girlfriend every day, we are doing, like, special breathing stuff together to keep ourselves in connection, so every time I see her belly, like, I can’t explain. I can’t explain right now, but yeah.”
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Even though Prochazka failed to reclaim the light heavyweight title in his third attempt at UFC 327, he clearly has perspective on what’s important right now in his life –and that’s being a father.
Congrats, champ.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Jiri Prochazka announces birth of newborn daughter days after UFC 327
