Jamal Hill has announced that he will no longer be the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
Jamal Hill confirmed during an interview that he will be relinquishing his title due to injury.
“Everyone knows that I’ve been waiting for months now to face Jiri Prochazka to defend my belt and my title. Unfortunately, we’re gonna have to wait a little bit longer for that to happen. I’ve unfortunately suffered an injury. I’ve ruptured my Achilles.”
He added that he will need prolonged recovery for the same.
“It’s a tough injury. It’s one that will require surgery and will require time and rehab and things for me to be out for a while.”
Jamahal Hill got emotional narrating the details of his injury during the video. He also touched upon the irony of how he got the title shot owing to Jiri Prochazka’s injury.
The former champ vacated the belt to let the division move on, and others competed for the belt in his absence. Jamahal Hill said he plans on doing the same.
“He [Jiri Prochazka] gave up the belt and allowed others to not hold the division up, to keep the division moving forward, to keep entertaining, to make sure the people had a champion. And I’ll do the same. Right now, the biggest thing is focusing on my injury, focusing on getting back to a 100%.”
