A number of ailments will keep Jamahal
Hill from competing at UFC
303.
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The former light heavyweight champion recently revealed on social
media that two tears in his meniscus, a sprained ACL and a Baker’s
cyst — which leaked fluid into the back of his knee — led to him
withdrawing from a proposed clash against Carlos
Ulberg on June 29.
“This is only making me hungrier,” Hill added on Instagram. “Be
back soon!!!”
Hill captured the vacant 205-pound belt with a unanimous decision
triumph over Glover
Teixeira at UFC 283 in January 2023. However, a ruptured
Achilles tendon suffered in a pickup basketball game sidelined him
for more than a year, forcing him to vacate the belt. His bid to
regain the title at UFC 300 came up short, as he suffered a
first-round knockout loss to reigning champion Alex
Pereira on April 13.
Hill was initially slated to face Khalil
Rountree in the UFC 303 co-main event before Rountree was
removed from the event due to a failed drug test. Ulberg was then
tabbed as a replacement opponent and will remain on the card
against new adversary Anthony
Smith. UFC 303 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
and his headlined by a light heavyweight championship rematch
between Pereira and Jiri
Prochazka.