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Jiri Prochazka vs Navajo Stirling prediction

Light Heavyweight · Prochazka vs Stirling · 21 Nov 2026
UFC 6-3 · Pro 32-6-1
VS
UFC 6-0 · Pro 11-0

Prediction

early read
Navajo Stirling 65%
35%65%
as of 11 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

By the numbers

  • Win streaks

    Stirling comes in on a 6-fight UFC winning run. A fighter on a run of 6 or more against an opponent on a shorter one wins 64% of the time (206 of 321 fights).

  • Age

    Stirling is 5 years younger. With an age gap of 4 to 5 years, the younger fighter wins 56% of UFC fights (929 of 1,653 fights).

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Jiri Prochazka vs Navajo Stirling.

Red corner JiriProchazkaJetsaam Gym Brno · Born in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia · Fights out of Brno, Czech Republic
VSUpcoming
Blue corner NavajoStirlingCity Kickboxing · Born in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand · Fights out of Auckland, New Zealand
Light HeavyweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Every one of Prochazka’s 6 UFC wins came inside the distance.
  • Unbeaten — 6-0 in the UFC.
  • Has finished 3 of 6 UFC wins.
32-6-1
Record
11-0
33
Age
−5 yr28
6' 3"
Height
+1″6' 4"
+1″80″
Reach
79″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+39
UFC bouts
6
+50%6/6100% of wins
Finishes
3/650% of wins
Jetsaam Gym Brno
Gym
City Kickboxing
Znojmo, Czechoslovakia
Born in
Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Brno, Czech Republic
Fights out of
Auckland, New Zealand
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 6-3UFC recordUFC 6-0
32-6-1Pro record11-0
6' 3"Height6' 4"
80"Reach79"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
33Age28
205 lbs.Weight205 lbs.
Czech RepublicNationalityNew Zealand
Znojmo, CzechoslovakiaBorn inUpper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Brno, Czech RepublicFights out ofAuckland, New Zealand
Jetsaam Gym BrnoCampCity Kickboxing
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Jiri ProchazkaNavajo Stirling
86
Striking
87
26
Defence
76
37
Grappling / TD
22
92
Cardio
89
21
Chin
95
52
Fight IQ
74
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Jiri Prochazka9 UFC fights · 518 landed

76.7%
HEAD
52.8%
15.6%
BODY
31.7%
7.7%
LEGS
15.5%

Navajo Stirling6 UFC fights · 419 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Jiri Prochazka

0.49takedowns / 15 min
0.49 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.82 / 15m
0.82 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
3.28 / 15m
60%
ACCURACY
25%
0.20 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Navajo Stirling

0.82takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (6.25 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Light Heavyweight

Stats comparison

Jiri Prochazka (left) vs Navajo Stirling (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
5.61
vs
6.47
Striking accuracy
55%
vs
55%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.67
vs
2.56
Striking defence
45%
vs
58%
Takedowns / 15 min
0.49
vs
0.82
Takedown accuracy
60%
vs
25%
Takedown defence
68%
vs
71%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Jiri ProchazkaFightIQ profilePower striker

6' 3" orthodox power striker campaigning at Light Heavyweight. 6 UFC wins — 5 KO/TKO, 1 submission.

Built from Jiri Prochazka’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Navajo StirlingFightIQ profileVolume boxer

6' 4" orthodox volume boxer campaigning at Light Heavyweight. 6 UFC wins — 3 KO/TKO, 3 decision.

Built from Navajo Stirling’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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