As soon as extra stoking the flames on his notorious rivalry with Jamahal Hill, Alex Pereira has laid out a path for the previous champion to land himself a rematch for the sunshine heavyweight title subsequent yr — starting in his UFC 311 title-eliminator towards Jiri Prochazka in January.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion and the present gentle heavyweight kingpin, has been sidelined since final month, most not too long ago defending the 205lbs title with a brutal fourth spherical win over surging challenger, Khalil Rountree, ending the Syndicate MMA staple with a bloody barrage on the Octagon fence.
The victory got here because the Sao Paulo striker’s third of the annum, following a previous knockout win over Prochazka in a June high-kick effort, which got here off the again of an April descimation of former champion, Hill within the headliner of UFC 300.
Alex Pereira set to award Jamahal Hill title rematch with win at UFC 311
And linked closely in latest weeks with a title protection towards Russian rival, Magtomed Ankalaev, Pereira has now supplied the above-mentioned, Hill a route again to the title — claiming he’ll award him a rematch if he passes the “test” that’s Prochazka in Los Angeles within the new yr.
“Calm down, my son,” Alex Pereira posted in response to Jamahal Hill on social media in a single day. “Pass this test and Dad will give you a second chance.”
Settle down, my son. Move this check and Dad offers you a second probability.
Calma meu filho, passa nesse teste e o pai vai te dar uma segunda probability. pic.twitter.com/ywr6gqj9XG
— Alex “Poatan” Pereira (@AlexPereiraUFC) November 29, 2024
Himself weighing up his possibilities of incomes a title combat rematch together with his bitter rival, Pereira, Contender Sequence product, Hill claimed he would make an instance of Czech Republic favourite, Prochazka at UFC 311 together with his personal devastating knockout win.
“We had the same opponent last fight,” Jamahal Hill mentioned of Jiri Prochazka on his official YouTube channel. “In your last performance, you got dominated. Dominated and knocked out. Completely shut down, completely exposed and then got done, bad, bro. You got did bad.”
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“I got caught, you got dominated, there’s a huge difference, you feel what I’m saying?” Jamahal Hill defined. “My man’s (Alex Pereira) literally had your ponytail leaning to the left. I hope you wear that same ponytail in LA so I can lean that motherf*cker to the left, right back for you. This is insane.”
