Jamahal Hill

UFC Vegas 59 took place Aug. 6 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thiago Santos (22-11) and Jamahal Hill (11-1, 1 no-contest) collided in the night's main ...

Santos moves to the fence, and Hill is pounding away with elbows. Kicks from Saantos, and Hill pops him with a shot on the way out, Santos is hurt, and a knee clips him. Hill knees the head and gets tripped to the mat. Santos works to flatten Hill out and takes the back as Hill stands. Hill fights the takedown with a whizzer, and Santos settles for the clinch. Knees to the leg from Santos, and Hill turns. Santos swinging wild, and Hill hurts him with a right hook. Hill sprawls and secures control of the leg, and Santos stalls out. Hill contacts the cup with a knee, and they break. Santos goes high with the leg, and Hill smiles again. Hill pops right up, and we’re back where we were in the first, with Santos trying to put his man back on the canvas. Hill back on the advance and tests his left.

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Hill hurts Santos badly and Santos falls to the ground. Santos holding a single and he switches to a double leg and gets the takedown. Hill going for the finish and Herb Dean is close to stopping this. Entering the fourth at UFC Vegas 59 and Hill has to keep the fight standing. Big body kick now from Hill and Santos shoots for a takedown. Big shots from Hill and Santos is looking tired and hurt. Jab from Hill and Santos counters with a jab and body kick. He’s deep on this attempt and he gets Hill to the ground. Big left from Santos and an answer from Hill. Now Hill is looking tired. Santos is starting to look tired here and Hill is swinging with everything he has. Leg kick from Santos finds the mark to start the striking. Santos tries pulling him away from the fence to get the takedown but still can’t get it.

UFC Vegas 59 results live: Jamahal Hill vs. Thiago Santos full fight recap of Light Heavyweight main card bout today (Sat., Aug. 6, 2022) from UFC Apex in ...

When they returned to the center, Hill landed a nice right hook counter. Hill began the second with some low kicks of his own, and they landed to good effect. Back in the center, Santos released a string of kicks. Santos ducked into a real takedown attempt, working for a double along the fence. Santos landed a counter hook and kicked the leg once more. Santos began the bout with a pair of low kicks.

Jamahal Hill TKO'd Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 59. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the main event.

That was only round 2 !! I think hill got this. After defending most of Thiago Santos’ takedowns attempts, ‘Sweet Dreams’ hurt and finished the Brazilian in the fourth round of the fight. In a grueling battle, Jamahal Hill managed to handle his opponent’s aggressive wrestling-oriented strategy to score a late TKO win at UFC Vegas 59.

Jamahal Hill seems ready for the big leagues. Hill closed in on the five-year anniversary of his professional mixed martial arts debut by bludgeoning Thiago ...

Santos dropped to 22-11 and has lost five of his last six fights. Hill found it more and more difficult to reject his opponent's advances. "This is not a bar fight," Santos' coach told his fighter between the first and second rounds, according to a translator on the UFC broadcast. Hill stopped Santos with strikes in Round 4 of their main event bout to close UFC Fight Night at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. Hill led with forward pressure as Santos mixed strikes and takedown attempts. Hill closed in on the five-year anniversary of his professional mixed martial arts debut by bludgeoning Thiago Santos in a heavy-handed affair.

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Things got a bit wild at times at UFC on ESPN 40, but Jamahal Hill once again had his hand raised when the smoke cleared.

As for Santos, his woes to win continue. Hill extends his winning streak to three with the victory. In a wild exchange, Hill toppled Santos who covered up and attempted to survive. He only controlled Hill on the canvas briefly, before a scramble led to both men on the feet again. The first round was methodical and measured by Santos. He utilized kicks of all levels to chip away at the mobility and aggression of Hill, who is usually a strong starter. Cardio seemed to be the biggest issue, more so of the damage from Hill, who looked fresh despite the hard punches thrown and landed by both men.

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Check out the full fight video highlights of Jamahal Hill finishing Thiago Santos in the UFC Vegas 59 main event.

The ref gave Santos every opportunity to improve his position, but the punishment was not going to stop, so the official called the fight. There were moments where Santos seemed to be in trouble, but he kept finding a way to stay in it. The marque matchup for the full-of-finishes UFC Vegas 59 witnessed the promotion’s #10 ranked 205-pounder, Jamahal Hill, taking out the former title challenger in Thiago Santos with strikes in the fourth round.

UFC light heavyweight contender Jamahal Hill put the finishing touches on a historic night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Hill and Santos went toe-to-toe in their main event, with both fighters dealing a significant amount of damage throughout the action. Hill faced former title challenger Thiago Santos in the main event of UFC Vegas 59. The event had a 100% finish rate, with Hill adding the exclamation point in his toughest test in the Octagon.

Jamahal Hill didn't have an easy night at the office but he still got the job done with a fourth-round finish over Thiago Santos in the UFC Vegas 59 main ...

With Santos retreating, Hill just continued throwing huge, heavy shots until a straight left landed on target and his opponent toppled over, falling to the ground. At one point, Santos actually turned away during an exchange and Hill followed him with a massive punch that spelled the beginning of the end. A short shot seemed to wobble Santos momentarily but a second later he unloaded a huge shot of his own that cracked Hill in return. As the lights heavyweights were both seemingly losing steam, Santos started looking for takedowns again and while he was effective at getting Hill to the canvas, he couldn’t really control his opponent from scrambling back up to his feet again. From there, Hill just unloaded with punches on the ground until he gave referee Herb Dean no choice but to save Santos with the fight coming to an end at 2:31 in the fourth round. Santos fired back with a huge overhand right that went whizzing by Hill’s head and it definitely got his attention.

Jamahal Hill stopped Thiago Santos with strikes in the fourth round of the UFC Vegas 59 main event.

Neal started to show the takedown, and was able to put Luque on his back foot. The ground and pound bloodied the face of Sakai, with the referee warning of a stoppage. Hill went back to his leg kicks to start the third round, and Santos returned to the takedown. Miller was maximizing her reach in the final round, keeping Walker at the end of her punches where the counters couldn’t really hit her back. Luque stuck to his gameplan in the second, and pressed forward behind his volume. Santos went hard to get the fight back to the floor, exploding after his attempts and turning this into more of a grappling match. The ref gave Santos every opportunity to improve his position, but the punishment was not going to stop, so the official called the fight. Hill remained vertical, but his back was to the cage. Kicking off the main card, Terrance McKinney secured a first-round RNC on Erick Gonzalez. McKinney came out blasting his strikes, but as soon as Gonzalez started to fire back, Terrance went to his grappling. It was a hefty left hook that sent Zac soaring to the floor, and some intense and unblocked hammerfists completely shut out the lights. Neal was doing damage all throughout the opening round with a crisp cross, stinging Luque on a couple of occasions. That’s a ultra-rare finishing rate of 100%, with the last time this occurring being back in 2014.

'Sweet Dreams' defends wrestling-heavy attack from Brazilian slugger to score late TKO.

Santos still threw with power, but he struggled to find the mark. Santos did work briefly to the back in one exchange, but Hill bumped him away and escaped the threat. Hill alertly scrambled back to his feet and eventually pulled away, landing a few sharp punches in the ensuing scramble. After a brief clinch, both men starting teeing off on the feet, though it was Hill’s right end that looked most effective. Hill pressed to start the second, chopping at the lead leg and looking to work a jab. Striking a wide stance at the start of the fight, Hill kept his range early.

Jamahal Hill was happy to get a win at UFC Vegas 59 but he wasn't exactly thrilled with his performance against Thiago Santos.

I work. He grabbed my back, got on my back, I work. I want him. He grabbed me, I work. I want gold. I want him. We clinched, I work. I expected a man that’s been up at the top and fighting in battles at the top, fighting and battling the top guys to not quit. “I’m happy I got the win,” Hill said. “I can’t get him, give me the man that used to sit on the throne. “I’m happy I got to represent what comes with me. I got that dog in me sometimes so I can get drawn into it so just stay disciplined.

Tonight's UFC Vegas 59 event was headlined by a key light heavyweight bout featuring Thiago Santos taking on Jamahal Hill.

— Khaos williams (@khaosOXwilliams)August 7, 2022 The win marked Hill’s eleventh career victory and fifth under the UFC banner. Meanwhile, Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA) had entered the bout sporting a two-fight winning streak, with both of those victories coming by way of first round knockout.

Jamahal Hill took a major step toward contention with his victory over former title challenger Thiago Santos in the UFC on ESPN 40 headliner, ...

“I expected a man that’s been up at the top and fighting in battles at the top, fighting and battling the top guys to not quit. I want gold. “I want him. I want him. “I expected a war,” Hill said. In the fourth round, Hill poured it on and earned a stoppage with punches and elbows at the 2:31 mark.

Jamahal Hill took another big step up in the light heavyweight division, beating No. 6-ranked Thiago Santos in UFC Vegas 59's main event last night (Sat., ...

On the way.” So I want him. I want him. “I need to get back to the drawing board and do a much, much better job. I want gold. I’m not the only one, the face of terror is my entire team.”

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Jamahal Hill made a big statement at UFC Vegas 59 and now the light heavyweight division is on notice.

— UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 McKinney gets his chance on the main card and takes full advantage of it. ANDREWS: A speedy recovery to Ariane Lipski who missed weight and had complications. — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 Each fighter earned a $50,000 USD bonus. — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 — UFC (@ufc)August 7, 2022 Santos continues his current rough patch with five losses in his last six bouts.

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Funky Facts: The other card which featured a perfect finishing rate, UFC Fight Night 55, was headlined by Michael Bisping, who happened to be providing commentary on the UFC Vegas 59. Mohammed Usman’s perfectly placed punch certainly deserved a lot of consideration – and probably would have taken this spot on most cards – but I ultimately decided Battle not needing a follow-up punch was a nice way to separate the two. I’ll be the first to admit I wasn’t familiar with the process of the referee checking with the judges on what they saw, but it does appear to be a legal process. While Battle has impressed since making his way to the roster, it has been his intelligence that belies his age and experience that has people excited about his future. To be fair to Santos, none of the names he has lost to in his recent skid – five losses in his last six appearances – is anything to be ashamed of. I suppose a case could be made Cory McKenna could have been on the chopping block with a loss, but I’m of the opinion the UFC is willing to give the youngster a lot of leeway. That’s not the way to maintain a roster spot. Saved Their Job(s): Given all the names that appear to be on the chopping block, the lack of people who were lucky to pick up the win is amazingly scant. Though whittled down to just 10 fights, nary a one of those contests required the judges to submit a scorecard, becoming just the second card in UFC history to have every one of the contests be decided before the final bell. I admit I tend to circle those in the official rankings or those on the verge of entering them given those final jumps are the hardest to make, so that narrowed the choice down to Sergey Spivak and Geoff Neal. Ultimately, I went with Neal given his opponent actually put up a decent fight. The problem is, to be one of the best, wins need to follow. Though a Hill win wasn’t a surprise, it did prove to be the gritty type of fight many were looking to see out of the light heavyweight up-and-comer.