Already plotting his method again to a championship rematch with reigning mild heavyweight kingpin, Alex Pereira off the again of his dominant first spherical KO defeat at UFC 300 final weekend, Jamahal Hill ahs denied hanging the Brazilian low, seconds previous to his knockout.
Hill, a former undisputed mild heavyweight champion and the present quantity three ranked division contender, headlined UFC 300 over the course of final weekend, dropping a spectacular opening spherical knockout defeat to the Sao Paulo striker.
Placing the previous middleweight gold holder low throughout an trade on the fence, Hill noticed a direct resumption within the motion after Pereira refused a timeout from referee, Herb Dean, earlier than springing with a large left shovel hook, knocking the Illinois native to the canvas before ground strikes forced the issue.
And already booked to make his comeback to the Octagon off the again of his knockout defeat only a week in the past, Hill, the primary product of Dana White’s Contender Sequence to win promotional spoils, is set to fight Khalil Rountree at UFC 303 at the end of June throughout Worldwide Struggle Week.
Jamahal Hill denies low-blowing Alex Pereira at UFC 300
Vowing to rematch Pereira within the close to future – and knock out the former two-division champion, Hill has additionally denied he unintentionally struck the Brazilian with a low blow strike earlier than the stoppage, claiming he as an alternative landed his spherical kick on his opponent’s hip.
“I’ve seen a few of the controversy,” Jamahal Hill mentioned in a video posted on his official YouTube channel. “Folks talking on the stoppage and issues like that with Herb (Dean), after I kicked Alex (Pereira) within the hip – and it gave the impression to be a low blow.
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