A former UFC middleweight champion claims that Jiří Procházka doesn’t have what it takes to defeat Jamahal Hill in their upcoming bout.
Procházka and Hill are scheduled to collide in a crucial matchup on the main card of UFC 311, set for Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
Both former UFC light heavyweight champions suffered knockout losses to Alex Pereira in their recent fights. Procházka’s first UFC defeat came at the hands of Pereira when they fought for the 205-pound title at UFC 295 in November 2023.
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold criticized Procházka’s tactics, especially in his last fight against Pereira. Rockhold believes that Procházka’s unorthodox style exposes vulnerabilities, especially against someone like Hill.
“I didn’t like the way that Jiří fought his last time out versus Pereira,” Rockhold said. “He just didn’t look like he would follow the game plan. Like, what were you doing? I don’t know. To think you could stand with him and play this karate style, Kung Fu game. You can’t fight like that, a guy that he’s so dangerous, you can’t fight with your hands down and you got to go for takedowns. You identified his weakness, but you didn’t even try to exploit it.”
Rockhold believes that Jamahal Hill has a tactical advantage over Procházka and is capable of winning at UFC 311.
“Jamahal Hill’s more dangerous. He’s got pop, he’s got power, he goes for the kill and Jamahal’s got funky — he’s weirdly athletic sometimes. He’s hard to take down. You’ve seen in the Glover [Teixeira] fight, he was able to get up and get his way and funks his way through a lot of things and he ends up finding his shot, the kill shot. But, like I said, this is a rebuilding process for both of them and you don’t know, but I don’t know. I might favor Jamahal in this one.”
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