UFC 300 will witness Jamahal Hill take on Alex Pereira for the light heavyweight title. Hill was last inside the Octagon at UFC 283 when he won the title against Glover Teixeira. However, he was forced to vacate the belt after he ruptured his Achilles tendon. The 32-year-old will now be eager to win back his title at the historic event.

UFC CEO Dana White recently took to his X account to announce the fight. A recent video uploaded by Championship Rounds on the social platform features Jamahal Hill describing how he got the fight. Let us find out what he had to say.

How did Jamahal Hill land the main event fight at UFC 300?

The UFC 300 was under the scanner for a long time, as it was missing its main event. The UFC head honcho was waiting to announce the main event for quite some time to make the event interesting.

During this period, many UFC superstars showed their willingness to feature at the historic event. However, it was Jamahal Hill who finally got the nod ahead of the rest. In a recent video on X, ‘Sweet Dreams’ revealed the real reason for him getting the opportunity.

The 32-year-old said: ” I am shocked. I don’t know how. I am not gonna fake you all, not b…hit you all, I gotta a call Friday right. Friday saying, hey I need to talk to you. This is the situation alright. Situation was we want you and Alex to headline UFC 300 alright. They offered me a bag too, you know. We know you are recovering from this. We have this option, we have this option and we prefer to be you guys because we want it to be headlined by a title fight. So whatever other options they had weren’t title fights. They were just some big name fights that they I guess they were working with them. They had ready to go. So they did have other fights. This is the fight they ultimately decided to go with. ” 

Hill’s opponent, Alex Pereira, is one of the most fearsome strikers in the division and is the new light heavyweight king. The Brazilian is a two-division champion and a man on a mission who has taken the division by storm. UFC 300 will witness him defend his light heavyweight title for the first time in his career. However, the 36-year-old wants to defend his title more than once this year.

Alex Pereira is willing to defend his title at UFC 301 again

‘Poatan’ won the light heavyweight title at UFC 295 after beating Jiri Prochazka via knockout in the second round. The Brazilian moved to the light heavyweight division after losing his middleweight title to Israel Adesanya at UFC 287. His move to the upper weight division was criticized by many, but Pereira proved everyone wrong with his performance.

Now the champion will look to defend his light heavyweight title for the first time in his career. However, the Brazilian doesn’t quite seem satisfied with this and wants another go at UFC 301. 

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The UFC 301 is scheduled to take place in Brazil just 21 days after the UFC 300. Pereira, in his recent conversation with the media, made it clear and said, “That is a very big possibility. So the way that he does it, if he doesn’t get hurt and everything goes fine, of course, anything can happen in a fight. You could never predict everything going well. There’s a big chance he will defend the belt very fast.”

Pereira’s desire to defend his title in Brazil in 21 days looks like a far-fetched dream currently. However, he should focus on his main event at UFC 300. Who will win the fight between two light heavyweight giants? Let us know in the comments below.

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