Jiri Prochazka vs Jamahal Hill at UFC 311 | Preview & Prediction
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It is number two in the world versus number three in the UFC’s light heavyweight division as Jiri Prochazka meets Jamahal Hill at UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome
Jiri Prochazka vs Jamahal Hill Facts
When is UFC 311? UK – the early preliminary card starts at 11:00pm on Saturday 18th January 2025, followed by the preliminary card at 1:00am (Sunday) and the main card at 3:00am (Sunday) / USA – 6:00pm/8:00pm/10:00pm ET (Saturday) and 3:00pm/5:00pm/7:00pm PT (Saturday)
Where is UFC 311? Intuit Dome, Inglewood, USA
Where can I get tickets for UFC 311? Click here for the latest ticket information for UFC 311
What TV channel is UFC 311 on? UK – TNT Sports / USA – ESPN+
Where can I stream UFC 311? UK – TNT Sports subscribers can stream the event online via the TNT Sports website and discovery+ / USA – ESPN+ & UFC Fight Pass
For viewers in the United States, UFC 311 will be shown live on ESPN+ and you can sign up for access as part of a Disney Bundle here!
What time are Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill expected to walk out? Sunday 19th January, 2025, 4:15am UK / Saturday 18th January, 11:15pm US ET / 8:15pm US PT
UFC 311 Main Card
Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano (Lightweight)
Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov (Bantamweight)
Jiri Prochazka vs Jamahal Hill (Light Heavyweight)
Jailton Almeida vs Serghei Spivac (Heavyweight)
Kevin Holland vs Reinier de Ridder (Middleweight)
UFC 311 Prelims
Bogdan Guskov vs Billy Elekana (Light Heavyweight)
Payton Talbott vs Raoni Barcelos (Bantamweight)
Zachary Reese vs Azamat Bekoev (Middleweight)
Grant Dawson vs Carlos Diego Ferreira (Lightweight)
Karol Rosa vs Ailin Perez (Women’s Bantamweight)
Rinya Nakamura vs Muin Gafurov (Bantamweight)
Ricky Turcios vs Bernardo Sopaj (Bantamweight)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Clayton Carpenter (Flyweight)
Jiri Prochazka: Czech star looking to bounce back from title shot loss
Jiri Prochazka (30-5-1) is coming off a title shot setback after he lost for a second time to champion Alex Pereira last June. Once against the Brazilian stopped him by TKO and Pereira remains the only man to beat Prochazka since 2015. Otherwise, he has beaten everybody put in front of him and now he will face Jamahal Hill for the first time which will be a fascinating match-up.
Jamahal Hill: American aiming to get back to winning ways after Pereira loss
Jamahal Hill (12-2 with one no contest) is also coming off a knockout loss at the hands of Alex Pereira as he failed in his title shot back in April last year. Hill had been on a year prior to that with four successive wins and multiple Performance and Fight of the Night displays. He now looks to resent and it will be interesting to see how the American responds following that tough knockout loss.
Jiri Prochazka vs Jamahal Hill Prediction
On paper and according to the bookmakers odds, this fight is the closest and most evenly-matched on the entire UFC 311 and it will likely live up to expectation.
Both Prochazka and Hill are coming of knockout losses at the hands of Alex Pereira and it will be interesting to see how both respond from those. The winner will stay in contention while the loser will drop a touch and fall behind somewhat.
iHill maybe the older fighter but he has not been involved in nowhere near as many battles as Prochazka and that may help him here.
Prochazka has been fighting at a higher level and against higher calibre opponents for longer than Hill has. Only Pereira has stopped him since 2015 while Hill has a loss against Paul Craig in 2021 when he was TKO’d.
Despite being the marginal underdog, we prefer Prochazka coming into this one. There is a chance that time has caught up with him and potentially slowed him down but we just think there are more factors in his favour coming into this one.
Prediction: Jiri Prochazka to win
