Might Jamahal Hill’s endless barrage of excuses and fixed arguing with struggle followers on-line be his undoing at UFC 311?
On Saturday, ‘Sweet Dreams’ returns to the Octagon for the primary time since struggling a brutal first-round knockout towards mild heavyweight king Alex Pereira at UFC 300. For the reason that loss, Hill has recurrently mentioned his disdain for the outcome, suggesting that referee Herb Dean’s transient stoppage as a result of an unintentional low blow gave ‘Poatan’ an unfair benefit.
Hill even tried to choose a struggle with Pereira on the UFC Efficiency Institute earlier than promptly strolling away when ‘Poatan’ tossed him a pair of gloves and supplied to go just a few rounds.
In consequence, ‘Sweet Dreams’ has been relentlessly trolled on-line and dubbed a sore loser by UFC followers. However as an alternative of ignoring the feedback, Hill typically chooses to snap again and deal with his haters on YouTube — a call that would finally value him towards a fighter as harmful and disciplined as Jiri Prochazka.
Will Jamahal Hill get crushed underneath the load of his personal excuses?
Discussing Hill’s upcoming return to the Octagon alongside her husband Dan Hardy, UFC flyweight standout Veronica Hardy instructed that the previous 205-pound titleholder’s dependancy to social media, on prime of a slew of different obstacles, might be his undoing this Saturday evening contained in the Intuit Dome.
“It’s just kind of been injury after injury [for Hill],” Hardy mentioned on the Outlawed Picks Podcast. “He’s kind of put on weight, lost weight and stuff. And Jiri, he’s going to be more consistent in being disciplined and looking for a way to fix things rather than being distracted by everything else [social media] around him…It means you can take things that are bad and make them better without them crushing you so much or spending so much time online trying to respond to other people [suggesting that’s what Hill does].”
Jamahal Hill goes into his tenth promotional look with a 6-2 document and one no-contest. Undoubtedly, his greatest victory got here towards Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 to win the vacant mild heavyweight title. Hill vacated the belt months later after struggling a ruptured Achilles throughout a charity basketball recreation.
Since then, his solely look contained in the Octagon was towards Pereira. He was scheduled to return over the summer time towards Khalil Rountree Jr. and Carlos Ulberg, however neither of these fights got here to fruition.
