Alex Pereira can see why Jamahal Hill is perhaps feeling just a little sleepy lately.
He nonetheless hasn’t recovered from their first battle.
Hill was in attendance at UFC 307 in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday to look at Pereira’s newest title protection and in an try and troll Pereira following the sunshine heavyweight champion’s unimaginable win over Khalil Rountree Jr., Hill was caught on digicam reacting with a mocking yawn.
Not a nasty gag by Hill, contemplating his lengthy historical past with Pereira and the truth that he’s nonetheless sidelined as he recovers from an damage. There’s just one downside: Pereira has already confirmed he’s the higher man within the cage, having flattened Hill simply six months in the past.
“Possibly he simply awakened from UFC 300,” Pereira stated when requested about Hill on the UFC 307 post-fight press convention.”
Hill, a former gentle heavyweight champion, was truly purported to battle Rountree at UFC 303, however Rountree was pressured off of that occasion after testing optimistic for a banned substance (leading to a suspension that was resolved by the point Rountree was set to battle at UFC 307), and Hill subsequently pulled out with an damage. That sequence of occasions resulted in Rountree being booked to battle Pereira as an alternative.
The excellent news for Hill is that it feels like Pereira is planning to stay round at 205 kilos for the close to future, so if Hill can return and string collectively a win or two, there would possibly simply be a rematch of their future.
