Candy Desires’ Jamahal Hill has had a difficult 12 months as a former UFC champion. After having vacated the title and shedding to Alex Pereira, the US-born Hill is battling the MMA group as he’s labeled an excuse maker.
Jamahal Hill Fires Again at MMA Followers
Michigan’s Jamahal Hill received the UFC gentle heavyweight title in early 2023 in opposition to Glover Teixeira. He then later vacated the title resulting from a extreme shoulder harm. Upon his return, at UFC 300 in April of 2024, he misplaced by way of first-round knockout to ‘Poatan‘ Alex Pereira.
In an interview, Hill defined his reminiscence of the loss:
“I finished. And you may see Alex Pereira continues to shut the space on me. I perceive it was a chilly second, he acquired hit within the nuts. He pushed it off after which he got here. And it wasn’t a groin strike.
“Him closing the angle on me whereas I’m attempting to verify and ensure he’s good and issues like that… I ought to have peeped it, caught onto and guarded myself in opposition to. However, if Herb Dean may’ve achieved something, I’d’ve appreciated to have had a extra clear and higher reset. I believe that that will’ve been one factor I’d’ve appreciated to see in a different way.
“[Herb Dean] stepped behind me, so he wasn’t exactly in my line of sight when he gave the go ahead signal. I did hear the fight, but it was a little late.”
He additionally added that he isn’t attempting to make excuses, as a substitute, he’s explaining his loss and is specializing in working again into title competition. Right now on X, a Tweet acquired underneath his pores and skin. It requested, who’s the most important excuse maker within the sport. Some followers named Colby Covington and others named Jamahal Hill, and Hill responded.
“Yet nobody can name the excuses they are claiming I’m making!!! Y’all are just dick riding haters that want to feel like your on the level of somebody you can’t fw in any aspect of life!! … I was tagged 20x by dick riding bitches like yourself … You fags stay on my dick and can’t stop mentioning me.”
Hill will subsequent be going through the previous division champion Jiri Prochazka on January 18 at UFC 311.