Jamahal Hill knows that while he does not have the overall MMA experience of current UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka, he has more UFC tenure than the 205-pound titleholder. With that, Hill feels what was good for Prochazka — getting a UFC title shot without a substantial number of UFC fights — should be good for him.
“We’ve seen it before,” Hill said on The MMA Hour. “That’s how [Jiri] got the belt. He jumped [the line] and got the belt. Go down a weight class, Alex Pereira [fighting Israel Adesanya]. That’s not a jump?