Jamahal Hill’s priorities proper now are recovering from the damage that stored him from preventing at UFC 303 after which doing every part doable to land a rematch in opposition to Alex Pereira.
Forward of Saturday’s occasion, the place Hill was initially scheduled to face Carlos Ulberg earlier than a knee damage took him out, the previous UFC mild heavyweight champion posted a prolonged video responding to a breakdown from Demetrious Johnson concerning his loss to Pereira at UFC 300. Hill additionally provided his insights on a number of completely different angles from the struggle to elucidate why he believes he was really doing every part proper up till Pereira blasted him with a punch that put him down and out simply minutes into the bout.
Hill promised it’d be the ultimate time he’ll tackle the struggle.
“I’m actually solely saying this to say what occurred,” Hill mentioned on his YouTube channel. “To level out from my viewpoint what occurred and what it’s. The actual fact of this, ‘Oh, he can’t settle for the loss, he must cope’ — the toughest factor I ever needed to eat on this recreation was at any time when I misplaced my ‘0’ to Paul Craig. Once I was sitting there and I used to be locked up within the submission and I couldn’t use my arm, I’m like, ‘Oh shit, I’m about to lose.’ I actually do not forget that feeling. I bear in mind it vividly, and that was a really, very onerous factor for me. I went out and partied with this man that evening. I loved life after that with that particular person.
“Me taking a loss will not be an issue for me in any respect. I’m merely saying what occurred.”
An enormous a part of the breakdown centered across the remaining sequence. Hill threw a kick that clipped Pereira low, which induced referee Herb Dean to step ahead to doubtlessly pause the struggle for a foul, however the Brazilian waved him off.
A second later, Pereira linked with the punch that put Hill down for the ultimate time.
“I’m not mad at him for being a gritty competitor,” Hill mentioned of Pereira. “Granted, it sucks being on the shitty finish of it, however he did what he needed to do. He pushed his model additional. He stored the belt the place it’s at and all these issues. It’s kudos to him.”
So far as what comes subsequent, Hill must get wholesome once more before everything, however he’s conserving a detailed eye on the UFC 303 major occasion when Pereira faces former champion Jiri Prochazka for the second time.
Pereira knocked out Prochazka of their first encounter again in 2023. Now Pereira seeks to make it two in a row after the 205-pounders stepped up on quick discover to fill the primary occasion void left by Conor McGregor’s withdrawal from his struggle in opposition to Michael Chandler.
Hill doesn’t appear to care a lot about who wins or loses, and the identical goes for the title, however he guarantees there’s some unfinished enterprise that he has to deal with with Pereira.
“Better of luck to you in your struggle, on this rematch with Jiri,” Hill mentioned addressing Pereira immediately. “As a result of for those who lose, I don’t give a f*ck if they provide me a title shot — it’s me and also you. You win, I’m going to go starch the subsequent man and I’ll see you quickly. You lose? I’ll see you actual quickly.”
There’s no phrase but on how lengthy Hill is predicted to be sidelined along with his accidents.
