March 11, 2025 4: 20 pm ET
Jamahal Hill feels pretty good about his Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev prediction after the fact.
Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) defeated Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) by unanimous decision to become light heavyweight champion in Saturday’s UFC 313 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Hill was one of the few fighters to pick Ankalaev to win.
Not only did Hill pick Ankalaev to win, but he saw him having success on the feet, which had many accusing him of being salty for getting knocked out by Pereira at UFC 300.
“I’m going to toot my own horn on this,” Hill said on his YouTube channel. “I did my breakdown. I felt like I did a really good breakdown, breaking down each side, gave my unbiased opinion of what I saw from everything – and it turned out to be right. Everybody called me a hater, said I was hating and all these other things, which is like crazy.”
Hill saw no controversy with the result. He scored it four rounds to one in favor of Ankalaev.
“I feel Magomed di