Jiri Prochazka continues to check his limits in unconventional methods.
A former UFC mild heavyweight champion, Prochazka is thought to be one of many extra eccentric personalities in MMA. Again when he was champion, Prochazka spent three days with out water in a darkish room as a type of psychological coaching, saying it allowed him to “work with his demons.” Earlier than that, Prochazka would punch trees up to 500 times a day in preparation for his fights. Now, “BJP” has one-upped himself but once more.
On his YouTube channel on Wednesday, Prochazka launched a mini-documentary about his journey to swim 30 meters beneath a frozen lake.
Ice diving is usually thought of to be a harmful endeavor, with an elevated risk of drowning together with hypothermia and different danger elements. However for somebody all the time seeking to take a look at his limits, it offered Prochazka with precisely the kind of problem he loves.
“Every little thing I do right here, relating to the breath, relating to all these numerous journeys to the mountains, climbing mountains, coaching martial arts, MMA, all this stuff merely assist me, primarily and above all, to maintain myself absolutely beneath management; to broaden my self-worth, the spirit with which I am going into battle,” Prochazka stated. “An individual doesn’t really go into the MMA cage solely with what they’ve educated, however they go there with their whole historical past, with the whole lot, all of the laborious issues they expertise in life.”
Prochazka most lately fought in January, knocking out Jamahal Hill at UFC 311.
