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Rejected! Jiri Prochazka declines Jamahal Hill’s post-UFC 300 callout: ‘I’d like to fight for the title’

Jiri Prochazka has no interest in a fight with Jamahal Hill. Following his big win over Aleksandar Rakic at…

Jiri Prochazka has no interest in a fight with Jamahal Hill.

Following his big win over Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 300, Prochazka moved into the No. 1 spot in the light heavyweight rankings — though Jamahal Hill deserves some of the credit for that. ‘Sweet Dreams’ was the division’s top-ranked-contender before suffering a brutal first-round knockout at the hands of reigning 205-pound king Alex Pereira in the landmark event’s headliner.

Since then, Hill laid down a proposal to Jiri Prochazka, challenging the Czech to a fight for the right to rematch ‘Poatan’ later this year.

Responding to the former champ’s request during an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Prochazka declined the offer. Instead, ‘BJP’ would prefer to jump right into the Octagon with Pereira — even if it means riding into enemy territory on two weeks’ notice.

“I like to fight for the title,” Prochazka said. “Especially after the decision in New York. The fact I won the fight last Saturday, that’s the only thing I feel right now. That’s what my management is working on. I am [confident]. As soon as possible. If that will be for the title with Alex, I am open to take the date in Brazil, like in two weeks. If there will be another date, let’s see.”

Jiri Prochazka may have to get in line behind Magomed Ankalaev

Prochazka came up short against Alex Pereira in their inaugural meeting in November at MSG for the vacant light heavyweight title. With the win over Rakic, ‘BJP’ certainly has a case for the rematch, but he may have to get in line as Russian standout Magomed Ankalaev appears to be the defacto next man in line for the Brazilian powerhouse.

Ankalaev is currently sitting on a 10-fight win streak, with knockouts against Anthony ‘Lionheart’ Smith and Johnny Walker. In between those two performances came a split draw against ex-titleholder Jan Blachowicz at UFC 282.

With things a bit cluttered at the top of the light heavyweight division, Pereira’s next opponent is not exactly clear. Perhaps Dana White and Co. can work that out while ‘Poatan’ makes a pit stop to bag a third UFC title?

Chael Sonnen suggests Herb Dean’s interference could be to blame for Jamahal Hill’s loss at UFC 300

Is Herb Dean to blame for Jamahal Hill’s loss to Alex Pereira? Chael Sonnen seems to think so. Closing…

Is Herb Dean to blame for Jamahal Hill’s loss to Alex Pereira?

Chael Sonnen seems to think so.

Closing out a spectacular night of fights at UFC 300, ‘Poatan’ successfully defended his light heavyweight title in the evening’s landmark main event, putting ‘Sweet Dreams’ to sleep with a booming left uppercut just past the three-minute mark.

While pundits have been focusing on Pereira’s knockout blow and his viral post-fight celebration, the three-time UFC title challenger noticed something nobody else has pointed out.

“I kept watching it and I finally saw something that I had never looked for,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel. “I watched Herb Dean, then I looked back and I watched Alex, but what I never looked for is what Jamahal did. Have you? Because Pereira holds and hand up and even says something to Herb. ‘Stay back, I’m good.’

“That was great communication. Herb was going to break the action to check on him. Everybody is doing what they’re supposed to be, but Jamahal stops. Not 100%. I’m not saying he put it in park and got out, but he stops. He stopped doing what he was doing and started doing something else.”

Alex Pereira calls off Herb Dean at UFC 300

“You’ve never seen a referee step in and a fighter tell him to get back,” Sonnen continued. “If the ref comes in after you know you just kicked the guy low, you’re going to have a break in the action. So, Jamahal begins that break in the action, when Herb gets notified and makes the decision that he’s going to get out of [the way]. …As [Jamahal] turns his head, Alex took the angle. This has never been spoke of.”

Jamahal Hills calls for a fight with jiri prochazka

Issuing his first statement following the loss, Jamahal Hill offered no excuses for the loss.

“Oh well, that’s the game we play,” Hill said in a video on social media. “Got caught. For anybody that cares, I’m good. I’m well.”

Looking to jump right back into the fire, ‘Sweet Dreams’ called for a clash with former 205-pound champ Jiri Prochazka.

“I dared to be great against adversity and against a great challenge and came up short at the highest level in the world!!!” Hill later wrote on X. “I answered the call twice on short notice to fight for a championship that most will never fight for!!! On to the next, [Ji?í Procházka let’s] make it happen!!”

Competing in the featured prelim of UFC 300, Prochazka put away Aleksandar Rakic emphatically, re-establishing himself as one of the light heavyweight division’s top contenders.

Check out Chael Sonnen’s full breakdown of Pereira vs. Hill below:

Alex Pereira releases footage of him breaking his toe ahead of UFC 300 fight with Jamahal Hill

Alex Pereira went into his first light heavyweight title defense with an injury. Still, that didn’t stop ‘Poatan’ from…

Alex Pereira went into his first light heavyweight title defense with an injury.

Still, that didn’t stop ‘Poatan’ from adding another highlight-reel knockout to his resume, dispatching former champion Jamahal Hill in the opening round of their headliner with a booming left uppercut.

Immediately following the bout, Pereira appeared to be preoccupied with his foot, something that didn’t go unnoticed by play-by-play man Jon Anik. ‘Poatan’ later confirmed that he suffered a toe injury during fight camp and has since released footage of the incident on Instagram.

Dana White thought Alex Pereira’s toe injury happened in the fight

Shortly after UFC 300 concluded, Dana White spoke about Pereira’s injury, which he initially thought was sustained during the fight with Hill — not two weeks prior.

“You guys don’t know this yet but I’ll tell you. I just found out when I went up in the octagon because I saw [Pereira] messing around with his foot,” White said at the UFC 300 post-fight press conference. “He broke his toe two weeks ago. He fought tonight with a broken toe, I thought he broke his toe in the fight. His team was like, ‘No he broke his toe two weeks ago.’ He was like, ‘I ain’t losing this opportunity for a f*cing pinky toe.’”

When it was Pereira’s turn to speak with media members, he confirmed White’s comment, revealing that he had broken his toe weeks out from UFC 300, but chose to push through rather than bowing out of the landmark main event.

“That happened in the last couple of weeks,” Pereira said. “It’s not something that I was going to pull out of the fight. I had to push through. It happened in the moment of my camp that I had to be slowing down my training, so I had to just push through.”

Clearly, the lingering injury didn’t prevent him from putting away yet another former UFC champion. Unfortunately, it will probably stop him from making a quick turnaround to fight Tom Aspinall at UFC 301 on May 4.

Tom Aspinall looking on as Alex Pereira takes the Octagon at UFC 300

Jamahal Hill calls for title contender fight with Jiri Prochazka after UFC 300 loss: ‘Let’s make it happen’

Off the back of his stunning first round KO loss to dominant champion, Alex Pereira at UFC 300 over…

Off the back of his stunning first round KO loss to dominant champion, Alex Pereira at UFC 300 over the course of the weekend, Jamahal Hill hopes to position himself in a title-eliminator fight against former champion, Jiri Prochazka in his return – claiming he simply “dared to be great” in his return from injury.

Hill, a former undisputed light heavyweight champion and the first Dana White’s Contender Series product to win Octagon gold, made his return atop UFC 300 over the course of the weekend, dropping a devastating loss to Pereira.

Sidelined since defeating the Brazilian’s close friend and training partner, Glover Teixeira back in January of last year, Illinois native, Hill was finished with a brutal left hook from Pereira at UFC 300 inside the opening round, with a slew of follow-up fights forcing a stoppage.

Releasing a statement following the one-sided defeat, Hill claimed that if anyone ever cared, he was fine.

As for Prochazka, the former light heavyweight titleholder also featured at UFC 300, landing a stunning come-from-behind knockout win over fellow European force, Aleksandar Rakic on the preliminary card – rallying to keep his place amongst the championship hopeful intact.

Jamahal Hill calls for Jiri Prochazka clash next

Sharing his thoughts on his loss, Hill sought out an immediate return to contention in the form of a would-be title-eliminator against Czech Republic native, Prochazka – after the pair failed to lock horns amid months of speculation last year, with an achilles rupture forcing Hill to vacate gold.

Jiri UFC 300 Zuffa LLC — Mandatory Credit: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

“I dared to be great against adversity and against a great challenge and came up short at the highest level in the world,” Jamahal Hill posted on is official X account. “I answered the call twice on short-notice to fight for a championship that most will never fight for. On to the next @jiri_bjp least [sic] final [sic] make it happen.”

I dared to be great against adversity and against a great challenge and came up short at the highest level in the world!!! I answered the call twice on short notice to fight for a championship that most will never fight for!!! On to the next @jiri_bjp least final make it happen!!

— Jamahal Hill (@JamahalH) April 15, 2024

“To the people that support me I’m good don’t let haters get to you,” Jamahal Hill explained. “I’m winning in life so having to eat a lose [sic] like a man is what it is. They will be quite [sic] when the next man drops.”

To the people that support me I’m good don’t let haters get to you I’m winning in life so having to eat a lose like a man is what it is!! They will be quite when the next man drops

— Jamahal Hill (@JamahalH) April 15, 2024

Who wins in a future title eliminator: Jamahal Hill or Jiri Prochazka?

Jamahal Hill issues statement after crushing UFC 300 loss to Alex Pereira: ‘For anyone who cares, I’m good’

Jamahal Hill reacts to knockout loss to Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 300 last night. The…

Jamahal Hill reacts to knockout loss to Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 300 last night.

The UFC 300 card has excellent form from the start, all the way up to the very end when Pereira and Hill battled it out for the UFC light-heavyweight title. A fight between two power punches, the contest never seemed destined to go the distance.

After a rather uneventful first three minutes in which the pair exchanged some shots, it seemed a grazing low blow that woke up ‘Poatan’. After referee Herb Dean began to break up the action, Pereira ushered him away to keep the action going. Then just seconds later, Pereira launched a left hook that sent Hill crashing to his back – some heavy ground-and-pound would quickly see the fight be called off.

Jamahal Hill addresses UFC 300 loss to Alex Pereira

Following the contest Hill would share a positive message to fans via his social media and seemed in good spirits considering the circumstances.

“Oh well, that’s the game we play,” Jamahal Hill said. “I got caught. For anyone that cares, I’m good. I’m well. We’re still doing our thing tonight, you know where we’re at — we’re over at Hakkasan. Yeah, man. We’re just built to come right back.”

Pereira will look to continue to be an active champion, even calling to defend his 205lb title at UFC 301 on May 4. While this is unlikely, Pereira has proved to be at his best when fighting consistently.

His win over Hill marked the first defence of his second UFC title just two-and-a-half years from his UFC debut. The Brazilian is now one of the promotion’s biggest stars and is in line for another monumental fight.

Alex Pereira UFC 300 Zuffa LLC 4 — Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

As for Hill, still just 32 years old — he will likely be back and with the ever-changing light-heavyweight division will not be far from title contention should he put in some good performances.

How did you predict Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill would go down?

Alex Pereira explains meme celebration after KO win over trash talking Jamahal Hill: ‘It’s the least I could do to him’

Turning in a spectacular knockout win over former champion, Jamahal Hill last night in the main event of UFC…

Turning in a spectacular knockout win over former champion, Jamahal Hill last night in the main event of UFC 300, undisputed light heavyweight kingpin, Alex Pereira has explained the origin of his meme celebration after his victory – claiming after the Illinois native’s heated approach to their clash, celebrating in such a manner it eh least he could do.

Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight titleholder, turned in another stunning knockout win overnight in the main event of UFC 300, dispatching the returning DWCS alum, Hill with a devastating opening round shovel hook finish in Las Vegas.

Jon Jones reacts to Alex Pereira's vicious First-Round KO of Jamahal Hill at UFC 300: 'My goodness'

Rejecting a timeout offer from referee, Herb Dean following an inadvertent groin kick, Pereira brushed the veteran official aside, before landing a massive left hand strike on Hill, sending him to the canvas and finishing with a slew of ground strikes for a dominant first round knockout triumph.

Poking fun at Hill’s knockout loss in the immediate aftermath of his win, Pereira gestured to the unconscious challenger repeatedly, before circling the Octagon in celebration.

Alex Pereira explains celebration gesture over Jamahal Hill

Explaining the nature for his outlandish celebration gesture, Pereira claimed that after Hill attempted to ramp up their rivalry with verbals during fight week, celebrating in such a fashion was the least he could do.

Alex Pereira retains title finishes Jamahal Hill with hellacious first round KO UFC 300 Highlights — Mandatory Credit: Zuffa lLC

“I spoke with my team before that I wanted to fight five rounds,” Alex Pereira told assembled media after UFC 300. “But if the knockout happened, that’s what I was going to do. He behaved not so good.”

“He started respectfully during the week and then he did what he did during the press conference and the weigh-ins, so honestly, the least that I could do was just that to him,” Alex Pereira explained.

Calling for a quickfire return after emerging relatively unscathed against Hill, Pereira suggested a May return in just three weeks time at UFC 301 in his native Brazil, however, promotional boss, Dana White revealed the Sao Paulo kingpin had suffered a broken toe just two weeks ahead of his title headliner overnight.

Who do you want to see Alex Pereira fight in his return?