Jamahal Hill is able to redeem himself in opposition to Alex Pereira.
UFC 300 didn’t go as the previous Gentle Heavyweight champion, Hill, deliberate this previous April 2024. The primary occasion collision with “Poatan’ resulted in “Candy Goals’” second profession loss when he was stopped with strikes in spherical one (watch highlights).
The title tilt was Hill’s return to motion after a ruptured achilles tendon suffered in 2023. Behind the scenes, the bout wasn’t the unique concept for the promotion’s historic mega occasion, however it labored out nicely financially for Hill. Though he’s had some intense responses to the loss since, he lately clarified that he has no private vitriol towards his Brazilian counterpart.
“Folks have this false impression that I hate Alex,” Hill stated on his YouTube channel. “I repeatedly say it’s purely competitors and competitively pushed, alright?
“There have been some statements and issues stated that I wished to handle,” he continued. “For one, was the assertion of. ‘Oh, he stated it was on sight. Every time he noticed him then he didn’t do it.’ The place did I say that? I’ve by no means stated that. It’s strictly an expert factor. I made fairly a bit of cash combating Alex the primary time. I’m going to make fairly a bit of cash combating Alex once more. Why would I danger that for a scrounge, a bit of scuffle on the P.I.?”
Hill and Pereira have been coincidentally imagined to share one other card at UFC 303 this previous weekend (June 29, 2024). Sadly for Hill, he suffered an damage that compelled him out of his co-main occasion conflict in opposition to rising contender Carlos Ulberg. Pereira, alternatively, went on to attain his second second-round knockout win over Jiri Prochazka when he defended the 205-pound title in the primary occasion (watch highlights).
