Former mild heavyweight champions Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill are lastly set to satisfy at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 with the cardboard going down on the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
The struggle was initially introduced through the UFC Macau post-fight present with Prochazka additionally posting in regards to the matchup on his Instagram. Further sources additionally confirmed the bout to MMA Preventing on Saturday with the showdown being added to the UFC 311 card in January.
Prochazka returns after struggling a second loss to reigning UFC mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira again in June. He fell to 0-2 in opposition to the Brazilian after shedding his title to Pereira in 2023.
Whereas the losses to Pereira positively sting, Prochazka stays one of many prime fighters at 205 kilos with notable wins over Aleksandar Rakic, Glover Teixeira and Dominick Reyes.
In the meantime, Hill makes his first look since struggling a knockout lack of his personal to Pereira at UFC 300 in April. The struggle served as Hill’s return to motion after he ruptured his Achilles tendon in a pickup basketball recreation that pressured him to relinquish his mild heavyweight title.
Hill was then scheduled to struggle at UFC 303 however he was pressured off the cardboard on account of damage.
Now Hill faces Prochazka in a showdown between former champions that would vault the winner again into title competition within the close to future.
UFC 311 goes down Jan. 18 with no major occasion booked for the cardboard but, though rumors have swirled that light-weight champion Islam Makhachev might defend his title in opposition to Arman Tsarukyan within the headliner.