Jamahal Hill had excessive reward for rival Alex Pereira after UFC 303.
Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) notched his second title protection by knocking out Jiri Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) of their title-fight rematch this previous Saturday at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is raring to run issues again with Pereira after he suffered a knockout loss to him at UFC 300, however couldn’t assist however praise “Poatan” for his efficiency.
“Nice major occasion, absolute dominant efficiency by Alex from begin to end,” Hill mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I consider that is truthfully in all probability the primary battle that I’ve seen the place Alex got here out and received the battle from begin till he obtained the end. He didn’t have to come back again and – it was nonetheless some adversity, Jiri nonetheless offered his challenges in it, however he tailored and he made good changes.”
Pereira knocked down Prochazka on the finish of Spherical 1 with a left hook, and was capable of take him out with a head kick simply 13 seconds into Spherical 2. Pereira later revealed that he observed an inclination in Prochazka’s warmup which he was capable of capitalize on.
“The adjustment that I seen that Alex created from that was the examine hook,” Hill mentioned. “Extra so earlier than, you see him in come like he steps in with that hook and he tries to land it leaning in and throwing his energy ahead. This time we seen him implement it from extra of a defensive and a counteractive method on this specific combating sequence.
“The primary hook that he landed on Jiri, he hit him and you possibly can see the eyes roll, you possibly can see him get dazed a bit bit. From there, he landed one other one which type of wobbled him, that type of shook the legs a bit bit after which he landed the one on the finish of the spherical that put him on his again. It’s lovely changes bro, lovely changes. He appeared advanced, he appeared like he’s taking extra steps and getting higher as a fighter.”
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