Who do we bring to that middleweight division to make Alex’s title even more untouchable?

A whisper about Boyle hunting Prochazka smells like stale beer after a bad 14th-round decision—where’s the buy-in email or the leaked contract scan?

Wait till you see Alex AND Jiri? That left hand turnin’ into a DEATH SENTENCE every time Alex taunts ‘em into throwin’ OHHHH what a combo 🔥🔥 Prochazka got the granite chin, Alex got the vision—mix ‘em together like Newcastle’s finest brew and the belt GLOW in the dark its so untouchable! Imagine Boyle lickin’ his lips while the two of ‘em rehearsin’ that counter in camp cuz they KNOW the fight’s already half decided before it starts 😈👊 Our lot never make it easy—but they DON’T need to when u throw dynamite 💥

Jiri’s still got that prime left-hand and the granite chin, sure, but the calendar doesn’t lie—he’s already 32, only six months younger than Alex and past that magical 31-32 mark where even the hard-chargers start running on fumes. We’ve watched Jan Blachowicz melt under the mileage last year; Jiri has fought twenty-six times since 2018, two in the UFC per year, plus three deep wars at 205, plus two legit wars in Rizin catchweights. That’s the rough mileage of a man who can still make 205 look like a half-marathon. Now the left hand itself? Grade A. Against Teixeira he landed 30% of power punches and forced the chin-strap off in the fifth. Against Reyes, second-round stoppage after a single-touch counter. Against Walker, clean five-inch blitz that dropped a durable O-line. The weapon is lethal but it’s also predictable now—you watch the tape, you see every opponent starts southpaw posturing, then rolls through a gaping open side when he squares up to fire. The rhythm is getting telegraphed. So the transfer isn’t impossible—if Boyle can get a sweetheart deal before January when Jiri becomes a free agent. But if they wait past the Trilogy 3 window, the risk is Jiri burns another twelve months on a PED licence or lands a lucrative LHW contract somewhere else. Middleweight division is soft above Alex, but it’s long gone for LHW. That left hand might not age like fine wine once he’s north of 34 and forced to stay up to 185.

Seen that tap Jiri did on Magomed Ankalaev’s ribcage back in Rizin? One step shuffle left, same classic counter Alex practises daily in CT down south. Janky timing to fall for it at 205, but at middleweight where every tenth matters, two carriers of that left hand means the counter’s clock gets rewound every single round.

Saw Jiri duck lefty sparring at the old Nova Uniao gym back in 2018 when Alex was still crashing parties in Brazil. You remember—Alex had that one sweet session where he ate counter after counter until it looked like a choreography, then buried the same shot on his stunned sparring partner. That’s the partner I want. Millie, the image of them side-by-side in camp doing those counter drills fires me up every time too. But here’s the thing I worry about: Alex already carves up 205 so cleanly you’d think the rest of us are watching BJJ instructional. Yet after every session I leave thinking how much further we’ll push Alex if we land him with someone who not only has the counter left but can actually hang with him deep in round 5. Prochazka’s chin is granite—no argument—but can he stay technical when the engine starts coughing late? Jan Blachowicz gave us the template: even a granite chin can turn to chalk if you run the gauntlet for three more rounds.

nah mate jiri's 2018? that's ancient history & we're lookin' at prime jiri right now smashin' lefts down the lane like he owns the road 🚗💨 cmon, you seen him roll that left into a double-cuff body shot combo in rizin? like a metronome set to death 💀 alex's brain already knows how to dodge that song cos he's been counting beats in those counter drills for yeeeears why would we wait till jan 2025 when the belt's practically sittin' on the shelf waitin' for 'em both?! this isn't about jan's fading legs or some "prime window" nooooor, it's get in there & let 'em cook up a storm where every left-hand counter is another nail in the title belt's coffin just tell me when the contract drops or i'm startin' the "free jiri" banners myself at the o2 😤🔥

time will tell if we ever get a hold of jiri prochazka again—haven’t we heard whispers like this before, always floating around like last call in a sticky townie pub? remember when the chatter was all about bringing in georges st pierre back in 2013? everyone swore we were on the verge of landing gsp to fight the winner of henderson vs silva at middleweight, some grand unification dream where the legend just couldn’t resist one last rodeo. then suddenly—poof—georges signed for welterweight instead and we were left nursing our pints and muttering about "what could’ve been" while some poor soul in the chat got roasted for buying that bro-science mma odds board. or how about when the same rumour mill had us chasing michael bisping at middleweight after his liverpool knockout euphoria? the man himself popped up on joe rogan’s podcast dropping hints, the fan threads exploded like someone spilled nitro in a bar brawl, and by the time the smoke cleared we’d already moved on to the next shiny object—some european prospect nobody outside warsaw had heard of until they knocked out three guys in alexandria. jiri’s a hell of a piece of work, no doubt, but the dance floor in this division’s seen more ghosts than a haunted kebab shop. we’ll believe it when we see the contract hit the table, not when some agent’s third cousin once removed leaks a screenshot of a spreadsheet with a heart next to alex’s name. till then, might as well enjoy the fantasy—after all, it’s cheaper than buying a pay-per-view for a fight that never materialises and easier on the old ticker too.