Jiri Prochazka didn't come out on top of Rizin Fighting Federation's eight-man tournament back in the New Year's Eve season, but the 23-year-old Czech prospect still scored a first-round stoppage in the Rizin 1 headliner Sunday in Nagoya, Japan, knocking out longtime Japanese veteran Kazuyuki Fujita inside Nippon Gaishi Hall.
Prochazka (17-3-1) threatened the 45-year-old Fujita (15-11) from the heavyweight bout's outset, forcing “Ironhead” to shoot for repeated takedowns. Though the longtime Pride mainstay was able to knock Prochazka off balance at one point, “Denisa” quickly took his feet, landed a clean right hook that put his foe down and stopped the bout at just 3:18 of the opening round.