Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka had been each on the receiving ends of two of probably 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, 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 mentioned 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 together with the wave as a result of that appears to be the factor now as a result of I get a number of hate throughout the neighborhood and all of that. A number of y’all need to attempt to jock on that, however you understand 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. Utterly shut down, utterly uncovered, after which received performed unhealthy, bro. You bought did unhealthy. I received 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 battle that you simply’ve been in. … You’ll be able to take a number 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 harm. Prochazka received two different possibilities 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 comparable 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 need 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 mentioned. “We’re not the identical. On Jan. 18 in L.A., I’m going to indicate you we’re not the identical.”
