Jamahal Hill welcomes Alex Pereira to light heavyweight.
UFC middleweight champion Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is known to have big weight cuts and has teased a potential move to 205 pounds in the future.
Currently sitting on that light heavyweight throne is Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who is confident he would make easy work of “Poatan.”
“Come on in,” Hill said in an interview with Inside Fighting. “I’m here for everybody. Just put a dish on the plate so I could eat.
“(It would be a) dominant victory for me – dominant. I’m going to dominate him.”
Pereira rematches Adesanya in Saturday’s UFC 287 main event at Kaseya Center in Miami. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
Hill is awaiting his first challenger. Hill captured the vacant title with a lopsided win over Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 in January, which prompted Pereira to issue him a challenge to try to avenge his coach and mentor’s loss.
Jiri Prochazka vacated the light heavyweight title due to a shoulder injury that required surgery, but he is projected to be next in line for a shot at the belt he never lost.
“I’m doing what I can to make it happen,” Hill said on fighting Prochazka. “I’m hearing he should be back sooner than normal – hopefully. We’ll see. I’m just waiting to see.”
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