Jiri Prochazka talks getting lost on mountain, trek that left toe ‘a little bit black’

Jiri Prochazka is completely comfy being in pitch black for days at a time. However that’s indoors.

The previous UFC mild heavyweight champ can nonetheless really feel the results of an out of doors scare one 12 months in the past that left him stumbling near-blind within the wilderness outdoors Las Vegas. All he has to do is take a look at his toe.

“I needed to go to the Las Vegas Mountains, and I discovered some some prime edge like Mount Charleston,” he instructed AllStar Sport. “So … I went there, after which I spotted, I want some extra higher footwear, higher jacket. So I went again, I purchased all these items like ski footwear and leather-based jacket, the Garmin watch, all these items.

“However what was mistaken was that I didn’t watch the map nicely, as a result of the map confirmed me it’s simply [a hike] for a couple of hours, like perhaps six hours. After six hours of strolling excessive altitude, then I spotted that I’ve to return again, or I must hurry to the tip. So I simply determined to make it.

“It took me greater than 16, 18 hours. And I forgot to take the sunshine with me, as a result of I believed it will likely be only for six hours. Then I obtained misplaced on this mountain.”

Prochazka, who at UFC 300 faces Aleksandar Rakic, finally made it again to his automobile and security. He thought he might need been within the clear earlier than scanning his physique for accidents.

“I went again [home], and subsequent day, I spotted that my toe on my left leg is a bit bit black,” he stated. “So I had frostbite, and proper now, I really feel it’s utterly healed, but it surely took my nails [falling out], and it took six months to [grow] a full new nail and to really feel higher stability within the leg.”

Prochazka returned to the cage this previous November and did not re-acquire the sunshine heavyweight title he was compelled to relinquish in 2022 when he was knocked out by Alex Pereira in a bout for the vacant belt at UFC 295.

The previous champ is thought for his uncommon coaching strategies, punching timber and submitting to sensory deprivation between fights. His scare within the wilderness proved equally as difficult an expertise, however one he welcomed as a contemporary samurai.

Was he scared? Completely. However, he added, “the worry is the a part of ourselves.”

Take a look at the interview under.