After losing to Alex Pereira at UFC 300, Jamahal Hill was immediately asked to return to the competition. He was arranged a pair at UFC 303, where the opponent was Khalil Rountree. If playing well, Hill is completely likely to return to the Challenge of the UFC Championship Light Heavyweight.
However, Jamahal Hill's plan was not possible as expected. The reason is because Khalil Rountree has been discovered to use banned substances. He had to receive a ban on competition in the near future. For that reason, the competition between Hill and Rountree was forced to cancel, before UFC had another plan.
As usual, UFC will find another boxer to fight Jamahal Hill. However, this may encounter many obstacles because Hill is the leading boxer. Not many people are willing to fight Hill in the context that they only have about 1 month to prepare, plan and press weight.
Jamahal Hill was born in 1991, an American MMA boxer. Hill's professional performance is 15 matches, including 12 wins (7 no), 2 defeats and 1 match that is not recognized. He was signed by UFC after the selection event at the end of 2019, and soon competed.
Hill had once held the Light Heavyweight UFC championship, when he won against Glover Teixeira in early 2023. Hill's belt protection plan and then had to cancel it due to this fighter injury, and he also returned the belt to the organizers.
On the UFC ranking Light Heavyweight, Hill is ranked third. The boxers ranked on the UK include Alex Pereira (defending champion), Jiri Prochazka and Magomed Ankalaev. In addition, this weight class has some notable faces like Jan Blachowicz and Alexsandar Rakic.