Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka had been each on the receiving ends of two of essentially the most memorable knockouts of 2024 by the hands and toes of UFC gentle heavyweight champ Alex Pereira, though Hill feels his was extra acceptable.
The previous UFC gentle heavyweight titleholders face one another at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 in Los Angeles. Prochazka, who was knocked out by Pereira with a brutal head kick at UFC 303 in June, just lately took exception to Hill — who was stopped within the first spherical by “Poatan” at UFC 300 — criticizing his efficiency.
Shortly after, Hill responded to Prochazka by taking part in the knockout loss comparability recreation.
“Bro, are you kidding me?,” Hill stated on his YouTube channel. “So we had the identical opponent on our final [fights], proper? You’ll be able to say no matter, attempt to go along with the wave as a result of that appears to be the factor now as a result of I get quite a lot of hate inside the neighborhood and all of that. A variety of y’all wish to attempt to jock on that, however you realize I actually don’t care and I’m actually going to come back at you.
“Your final efficiency, you bought dominated. Dominated and knocked out. Fully shut down, utterly uncovered, after which bought finished dangerous, bro. You bought did dangerous. I bought caught, you bought dominated. There’s an enormous distinction. … My man actually had your ponytail to the left. I hope you put on that very same ponytail in L.A., so I can lean that motherf*cker to the left proper again for you. That is insane. We’re speaking a few dude who was getting his ass whooped in each combat that you just’ve been in. … You’ll be able to take quite a lot of photographs, and since folks get drained, they make low IQ strikes.”
Each males captured UFC gold with victories over Pereira’s coach and mentor Glover Teixeira, however neither was in a position to defend attributable to damage. Prochazka bought two different probabilities to win the title, and was stopped by Pereira in each, whereas Hill additionally fell quick in his bid to regain.
Though their tales are related on paper, Hill warns Prochazka that on the UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2025, he’ll show they’re far aside in ability.
“You wish to speak about performances, speak about my final one, we are able to go into each efficiency: I placed on dominating performances, you survive and get a win,” Hill stated. “We’re not the identical. On Jan. 18 in L.A., I’m going to indicate you we’re not the identical.”
