{"id":40108,"date":"2026-08-25T04:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Jiri-Prochazka-shuts-down-Paulo-Costa-UFC-interim-title-fight-rumors-202517"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:11:12","slug":"jiri-prochazka-shuts-down-paulo-costa-ufc-interim-title-fight-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/jiri-prochazka-shuts-down-paulo-costa-ufc-interim-title-fight-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiri Prochazka shuts down Paulo Costa UFC interim title fight rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jiri-prochazka-shuts-down-paulo-costa-ufc-interim-title-fight-rumors.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jiri-Prochazka-97529\">Jiri<br \/>\nProchazka<\/a> has shut down ongoing rumors about his return to<br \/>\naction in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC light heavyweight champion recently addressed rumors<br \/>\nlinking him to an interim title fight against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paulo-Costa-147165\">Paulo Costa<\/a><br \/>\nwhile reigning champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carlos-Ulberg-84291\">Carlos<br \/>\nUlberg<\/a> recovers from injury. While Prochazka is staying<br \/>\nconsistent with his training regimen, he\u2019s yet to lock in a<br \/>\nfight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Prochazka says his next UFC fight is not confirmed amid Paulo<br \/>\nCosta speculation<\/h2>\n<p>Prochazka last competed at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-327-Prochazka-vs-Ulberg-111135\"><br \/>\nUFC 327<\/a>, suffering a first-round knockout loss to Ulberg in a<br \/>\nbid for the vacant light heavyweight championship. Ulberg suffered<br \/>\nan ACL injury in the bout and is expected to return next year,<br \/>\npaving the way for an interim title.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst rumors linking him to an interim title bout with Costa,<br \/>\nProchazka took to social media to clear the air, claiming that his<br \/>\nnext bout is unconfirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong week, great rounds and teamwork,\u201d Prochazka wrote on<br \/>\nInstagram. \u201cFamily and friend bachelors party for relax on weekend.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s start a 3rd week. Just don&#8217;t believe to every bullsh*t on<br \/>\ninternet. Fight is not confirmed yet, still working on that. One<br \/>\nthing is sure. I want my preparation to be truly thorough\u2014to break<br \/>\neverything down\u2014and to start from the roots that have long been a<br \/>\npart of me. There are still levels that can be reached, and right<br \/>\nnow I am very grateful to see them clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-332-TBA-114123\">UFC<br \/>\n332<\/a>, scheduled for Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City,<br \/>\nremains without an officially announced main event, fueling<br \/>\nspeculation that Prochazka vs. Costa could headline the card.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcZIuugDTT5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.2258064516129\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jiri Prochazka has shut down ongoing rumors about his return to action in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The former UFC light heavyweight champion recently addressed rumors linking him to an interim title fight against Paulo Costa while reigning champion Carlos Ulberg recovers from injury. While Prochazka is staying consistent with his training regimen, he\u2019s yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}