LOS ANGELES – If Jamahal Hill is counting his chickens, so to speak, his next opponent thinks he might regret it.
Hill, a former light heavyweight champion who never got to defend the belt because he had to vacate it with an injury, takes on Jiri Prochazka on Saturday at UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) was a champ, himself, who had to vacate the belt with an injury. But he thinks Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) might be talking about his recent loss to dominant champion Alex Pereira a little too much – and his goal to get another shot at him. After all, he has to get through Prochazka first.
