Jamahal Hill Rips Alex Pereira for Backing Down After Responding to Initial Call Out: “That Was Some Hot Air Sh*t”

Jamahal Hill reached the highest point of his career yet, after winning the light heavyweight belt against Glover Teixeira. The two had a terrific one-on-one fight at UFC 283, which led to a decision in favor of Hill after round five. Soon after his glorious title victory, ‘Sweet Dreams’ was called out by the current UFC middleweight champion, Alex Pereira. However, before Pereira called out the American fighter, the UFC community believed that the 31-year-old would fight Jiri Prochazka next. Since Prochazka was suffering from a severe shoulder injury, the Brazilian called out Hill to fight in the meantime.

In the MMA Hour, when ‘Sweet Dreams’ came to know about ‘Poatan’ calling him out for the fight, the light heavyweight champ said he is not afraid of anyone, indirectly indicating that he is ready. However, the fight never came to fruition as ‘Poatan’ changed his mind.

He signed the contract for the rematch between him and Israel Adesanya. After breaking the silence, Hill now called out the Brazilian fighter for backing out from the fight.

Jamahal Hill expresses his disappointment in Alex Pereira’s actions

In a YouTube video uploaded by Real Eyes Recognize, Hill was seen talking about ‘Poatan’ backing out; he said: “He [Alex Pereira] was responding to a video that I made like some months ago. After the Izzy fight and I was basically like, I knock him out. I seen him in person. He has an offering. I feel like I knock him out and I still feel the exact same way. Stay in the hot sand ten toes down on that.”

He added in the further conversation, “Don’t know him [Alex Pereira] hopping on there making a comment because you made this comment and then you went on to sign a contract to fight somebody else, you know what I’m saying. So that was some hot air f*cking sh*t.”

At the moment, the bout between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira is confirmed for UFC 287. The match will be held in Miami-Dade Arena, Florida on 8th April. Keeping that in mind, Hill added that if Pereira wants to fight him after his fight against ‘The Last Stylebender’, he is okay with that, too.

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The 31-year-old fighter reinforced that he is not going to run away from anyone and that he is not afraid of challenges. He also mentioned that he is preparing himself hard to give a tough time to his upcoming opponent, whomever it may be.

What do you think the outcome of the match would be if Hill and Pereira faced each other? Let us know in the comments below.

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