Respekt před bitvou. Jiří je dobrý chlap, čeká nás velký zápas, říká Procházkův rival

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„Jiřího po osobní stránce příliš neznám. Ale z toho, co jsem měl možnost vypozorovat a vyčíst, mi připadá jako dobrý a kultivovaný chlap,“ prohlásil Rountree v rozhovoru pro MMA Junkie.

„Myslím si, že jsme všichni viděli, co udělal pro ženu, která bojovala s rakovinou a na její podporu si oholil vlasy. Projevil tím velkou lásku i fanouškům. Navíc je to chytrý chlap, který získal titul,“ připomněl Američan Procházkův nedávný úspěch v rámci magisterského studia na Masarykově univerzitě v Brně.

Nedá se tedy očekávat, že by to mezi oběma tábory mělo s ubývajícími dny do turnaje nějak zvlášť vřít. Mají k sobě vzájemný respekt, který se nebojí projevit i veřejně. „Mezi námi není nic osobního,“ potvrdil Rountree, loňský titulový vyzyvatel.

„Už v minulosti jsem ale tušil, že s ním možná budu bojovat a bylo to jméno, na nějž jsem se díval i díky tomu, co předváděl v kleci. Věděl jsem, že je to jeden z lidí, který by mohl stát na mé cestě za titulem,“ usmál se rodák z Las Vegas, který na očekávaném galavečeru bude moct těžit i z výhody domácího prostředí.

Pro Rountreeho se bude jednat o přetěžký test. Vždyť český bijec v UFC ze sedmi duelů padl pouze dvakrát, pokaždé s bývalým šampionem Alexem Pereirou. „Pro oba je to velký zápas, kde je spousta emocí – dobrých i špatných,“ tvrdil a pro rivala měl přirovnání. „Je to něco jako hádanka, kterou jsem nikdy neviděl. Musím tam prostě jít a vyluštit ji. A až se mi to povede, tak to bude zajímavé i pro fanoušky,“ láká.

Současně s tímto duelem se bude konat i odveta mezi šampionem Magomedem Ankalajevem a Pereirou. Rountree si už dokonce představuje momenty po svém souboji, který by jej měl vystřelit k příští bitvě o titul. „Lidi by si po mém zápase měli říkat: Tenhle chlap si absolutně zaslouží bojovat o pás. Viděl jsi ten výkon proti Procházkovi? Ten chlap je jasným titulovým kandidátem,“ vyžíval se potetovaný bijec.

35letý Američan je ze zmíněného kvarteta jediným bojovníkem, který v UFC zatím nedržel šampionský pás. „Je načase, abych ukázal, kam v divizi se chci ubírat,“ těší se. „Ale nechci, aby fanoušci ode mě něco očekávali. Chci, aby byli překvapeni tím, co tam předvedu. Sice zatím nevím, co přesně to bude, ale udělám vše pro to, abych je překvapil. Mám toho hodně co ukázat,“ řekl sebevědomě.

A nabídl i konkrétní předpověď úvodu klání proti českému samurajovi. „První dvě minuty pravděpodobně budou trpělivé, oba nad tím budeme dost přemýšlet. Nikdo tam totiž nechce jít s tím, aby prohrál za dvacet vteřin. Obzvlášť já,“ uvědomuje si důležitost duelu Rountree, jenž sestavil i žebříček bojovníků, s nimiž v posledních třech duelech bojoval. Zohlednil zde jejich kvality. „Viděl bych to takhle – Alex, Jiří, Jamahal.“

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