‘I wanted to finish one chapter of my life’ – Jiri Prochazka cuts off his ‘struggle hair’ after beating Glover Teixeira to grow to be UFC light-heavyweight champion

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka has shaved off his legendary hair after making historical past together with his win over Glover Teixeira final weekend.

‘The Czech Samurai’ was down on the scorecards heading into the ultimate spherical of his title struggle towards Glover Teixeira, earlier than taking issues into his personal fingers on the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Jiri Prochazka captured the light-heavyweight at UFC 275getty

Prochazka discovered himself on his again with lower than a minute to go earlier than he one way or the other summoned the vitality to reverse the place and shortly lock up a rear-naked choke submission with simply 30 seconds left on the clock.

With this win, Prochazka turns into the primary Czech fighter to have the UFC belt wrapped round his waist and he additionally places himself alongside the likes of Anderson Silva and Brock Lesnar after turning into a champion in simply his third struggle with the promotion.

On Monday, the 29-year-old returned to his hometown of Brno the place a stage was erected and 1000’s got here out to have fun his enormous achievement, leaving UFC famous person Conor McGregor resentful.

Now that the post-fight celebrations have began to settle down, Prochazka determined to vary his signature coiffure which made him probably the most recognisable fighters in MMA.

‘Denisa’, who’s now sporting skinhead, defined that he determined to chop off his hair as a result of he believed a brand new a part of his life was about to start after turning into UFC champion.

Prochazka begins a brand new chapter in his life by slicing his hair Prochazka has all the time been probably the most recognisable fighters as a result of his [email protected] – instagram

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“I reduce my hair as a result of I wanted to finish one chapter of my life. So now I can begin with new vitality, new wave. Truthfully,” Prochazka instructed Ariel Helwani.