Jamahal Hill has excessive hopes for future alternatives.
“Candy Desires” checked off an enormous profession objective at UFC 283 earlier this month (Jan. 21, 2023), defeating Glover Teixeira to turn out to be the brand new UFC Gentle Heavyweight champion (watch highlights). It’s been a wild saga for the division’s title since its long-time proprietor, Jon Jones, parted methods for the Heavyweight division in Feb. 2020. Regardless of Jones’ transition formally coming to fruition on March 4, 2023, Hill nonetheless eyes a future showdown with “Bones.”
“It’s by no means stopped crossing my thoughts, 1000 %,” Hill informed James Lynch of a Jones match up. “I nonetheless bought some constructing to do, proper? I nonetheless have defenses I’ve to make and issues like that. However is {that a} problem I need for the longer term? Sure, it’s.”
Jones’ vacating of the title led to a revolving door of champions, beginning with Jan Blachowicz. Together with the Pol, 4 whole fighters have held 205-pound gold since Jones did, which is double the variety of champions there have been relationship again to 2011 when Jones first received the title towards Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Whereas Jones will enter uncharted waters towards Ciryl Gane in his Heavyweight debut at UFC 285, Hill doesn’t anticipate a competitor of the all-time nice’s nature to wrestle with any dimension variations.
“Jon is aware of, he’s been within the fitness center. He’s not simply going with small guys, he’s had some Heavyweight seems to be and issues like that,” Hill mentioned. “So, he is aware of the ability and the power and people issues he’s coping with, he is aware of that. Jon’s not silly. I believe he’s already simulated that and accounted for that. However a struggle is a struggle nonetheless. So far as issues like that, I don’t apply issues like that to Jon.”