Jiri Prochazka forces brutal knockout win over Jamahal Hill in grudge fight – UFC 311 Highlights
Former undisputed light heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka has returned to winning-ways tonight in big fashion — stopping fellow former titleholder, Jamahal Hill with a third round knockout in their barnburner main card clash at UFC 311.
Prochazka, who had yet to feature since his June rematch with common-foe, Alex Pereira, entered tonight’s pivotal clash with the Contender Series product off the back of a high-kick knockout loss.
As for Illinois native, Hill, the ex-champion headlined UFC 300 last time out, dropping his own devastating knockout loss to Pereira in the opening round of their bad-blooded showcase.
And getting off to an impressive strat tonight against Hill, Czech Republic finisher, Prochazka dropped the former with a massive left hand straight in the opening round.
Dealing through some adversity with a second round eye poke felled upon him, Jiri Prochazka managed to force the issue midway through the third and final round, landing another series of knockdowns against Hill — this time grounding out the former gold holder with a series of heavy ground strikes, forcing referee, Mike Beltran to call a stop to the action.
Following his win, Prochazka staked his claim for a third career fight with light heavyweight kingpin, Alex Pereira — who is slated to return in the main event of UFC 313 in two months time in a grudge fight with Russian foe, Magomed Ankalaev.
