Jamahal Hill wasn’t originally supposed to be in a headlining bout at UFC Fight Night 201, but he didn’t let the transition to a potential five-round affair affect him.
As it turned out, “Sweet Dreams” didn’t need to go into deep waters. Hill authored an emphatic finish on Saturday night, knocking out Johnny Walker with an overhand right — and one follow-up blow — 2:55 into the first round of their light heavyweight feature at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night.“I just treated it like the fight hadn’t changed,” Hill said at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “I was already confident when I took the fight as a main event. I was already confident. I had already put the work in. I was feeling good about how the fight would go.
“[The UFC] adding rounds and adding the main event, I didn’t let that bother me. That’s what I told myself. It’s still the same fight. Don’t put anything extra anything on it. Take what it is, just another fight.”
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