Jamahal Hill didn’t get the outcome he wished after struggling a brutal knockout loss to Alex Pereira within the UFC 300 primary occasion on Saturday evening.
It was Hill’s first struggle again after a torn Achilles’ tendon reduce his gentle heavyweight title reign quick however he jumped proper again into the deep finish with a shot on the 205-pound belt on the most important card of the 12 months. Sadly for him, Pereira had different concepts after connecting with a devastating left hook that put Hill down and out within the first spherical.
Following the struggle, Hill launched a short assertion on social media with an replace on his well being together with a promise that he’ll be again quickly.
“Oh nicely, that’s the sport we play,” Hill stated. “Received caught. For anyone that cares, I’m good. I’m nicely. We nonetheless doing our factor tonight. Y’all know the place we at, we’re over at Hakkasan. We’ll simply be capable to come proper again.”
Hill made an virtually miraculous restoration after he suffered his Achilles damage in a pickup basketball recreation this previous July and managed to get able to compete once more for the UFC 300 card in April.
Regardless of the lengthy layoff, rehabilitation from the damage and his final struggle occurring all the way in which again in January 2023, Hill nonetheless confirmed loads of confidence that he would dethrone Pereira on Saturday.
He didn’t present a lot worry within the face of some of the ferocious strikers within the sport however each fighters have been cautious within the early going. It was after Hill threw a physique kick that landed low when Pereira stepped into a mixture capped off with the punch that led to the end.
As quickly as Pereira’s shot landed, Hill fell backwards, crashing to the canvas in a heap.
Pereira adopted him to the bottom the place he blasted away with a number of extra punches till the referee noticed Hill go limp and the struggle was stopped.
The loss was solely Hill’s second defeat in his profession after he fell by submission to Paul Craig again in 2021. Following that setback, Hill rattled off 4 straight wins together with his title struggle victory over Glover Teixeira.
He’ll definitely try and construct that very same type of momentum after falling to Pereira at UFC 300.
