Israel Adesanya predicts that Jamahal Hill will knock out his rival and light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 300: “It will be in the first two and a half rounds”

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya predicts Jamahal Hill will emerge victorious at UFC 300 on Saturday.

The highly anticipated PPV in Las Vegas features one of the most star-studded cards ever assembled by the UFC. At the top of the card, Hill will fight for the title he vacated in 2023 against Alex Pereira, who claimed light heavyweight royalty months later.

Adesanya, who is more familiar with Pereira than most fighters, took to his YouTube channel and predicted how he thinks the main card will play out.

“Five rounds, so it’s going to be a slow start to the first round,” The Last Stylebender said. ‘They will discover each other and shoot each other.

‘Alex will throw the kick and Jamahal will find his jab and try to put his fist on Alex’s head. I’m going [with] Jamahal by knockout. I think it will be in the first two and a half years.

After losing twice to Pereira in kickboxing, Adesanya faced Poatan again in the octagon in 2022. Despite dominating the early rounds, Adesanya suffered a TKO loss in the final minutes of round five and lost his belt. medium weight.

Adesanya regained his title and avenged his three losses to Pereira when he knocked out the Brazilian in their April 2023 rematch. After his triumphant victory, Adesanya lost the title to Sean Strickland and decided to take a hiatus from the sport.

Meanwhile, Pereira decided to venture out of the middleweight division and move up to light heavyweight. The opportunity to win a title in a second division came just one fight after his promotion.

Hill had won the title in January 2023 against Pereira’s trainer Glover Teixeira in a dominant five-round loss. However, he had to leave the championship after rupturing his Achilles tendon during a basketball game with other UFC fighters in Las Vegas.

Pereira returned to Madison Square Garden – where he finished off Adesanya – in November and defeated another former champion, Jiri Prochazka, for the vacant belt.

The heavy-handed knockout artist will look to be the first champion to defend the title since 2021. The 205-pound crown has changed hands the last five times it has been up for grabs, vacated twice in the process and at one point could not find a legitimate starter as Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought to a stalemate in December 2022.

Pereira enters UFC 300 with a 9-2 record behind two wins in the division, while Hill is 12-1-1 (WL-NC), following four straight wins prior to his injury.