Jamahal Hill

UFC light heavyweight contender Jamahal Hill didn't take long to make his feelings known about fighting for the title at UFC 283.

Hill will now [face Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 ](https://www.mmanews.com/2022/12/dana-white-lhw-title-2022/)on Jan. He’ll now have the chance to become a two-time UFC champion at 43 years old. After these recent events, Hill will now fight for the title and the UFC will work on another opponent for Smith. He’s bounced back in a big way since suffering his first career loss to Paul Craig at UFC 263. [Dana White](https://www.mmanews.com/profiles/dana-white/) wasted no time in booking the next vacant title fight. Teixeira was supposed to face Jiří Procházka in the UFC 282 headliner before Procházka suffered a severe shoulder injury.

Dana White has revealed who will be fighting for the UFC light-heavyweight title next after it remained vacant following UFC 282.Jiri Prochazka was su.

What are you gonna do?” Blachowicz and Ankalaev battled for five rounds in the vacant title bout but neither man walked away with UFC gold after their fight was [Jiri Prochazka](https://talksport.com/sport/mma/1255504/new-ufc-282-main-event-jiri-prochazka-injured/) was supposed to defend his belt against Glover Teixeira at UFC 282 but was forced out with a shoulder injury and subsequently relinquished his title.

Oddsmakers are giving Jamahal Hill a 62% chance to defeat Glover Teixeira at UFC 283. Let's take a closer look at the odds for Glover Teixer vs.

Glover Teixeira vs. Immediately following his DWCS appearance, Hill burst onto the scene with a victory over Darko Stosic and a dominant performance against Klidson Abreu, which unfortunately for Hill, finished as a no-contest due to an illegal knee. Teixeira declined a short-notice replacement of Magomed Ankalaev, which would see the UFC move on to booking the aforementioned Ankalaev against the previously mentioned former champion, Jan Blachowicz. Teixeira would quickly lose his title, however, as he was submitted by Jiri Prochazka after what was on track to become the 2022 Fight of The Year at UFC 275, this past June. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion entered the UFC all the way back in 2012 as an already experienced wrestler and BJJ specialist with the stand-up skills to match. [Interested in placing a bet for UFC 283?

The conclusion of UFC 282 was supposed to crown a new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev did battle for the vacant gold this ...

You got beat up the first two rounds, and you took him to the ground, you started – what are you gonna do?” Ankalaev went the distance, and many felt Ankalaev had done enough to lay claim to the 205-pound gold. The conclusion of UFC 282 was supposed to crown a new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.

UFC 282's light heavyweight title showdown between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev ended in draw. Glover Teixeira to face Jamahal Hill at UFC 283.

After losing his belt to Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 back in the summer, Teixeira was preparing to rematch the hard-hitting Czech Republic fighter. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira will once again fight for the division’s belt when he takes on Jamahal Hill at UFC 283 next year. - Glover Teixeira to face Jamahal Hill at UFC 283.

While Jamahal Hill just got an early Christmas present from the UFC in the form of a fight for the vacant light heavyweight title, Anthony Smith got cast ...

What made this news even worse, though, was the fact that Smith himself was working as a broadcaster for the UFC during this time and received the news live on PPV in front of his coworkers. So, it would be a tragic day for Anthony Smith indeed. [ initially scheduled](https://www.lowkickmma.com/dana-white-jamahal-hill-vs-glover-texeira/) to fight in march of 2023, but last night at UFC 282, Dana White would break some shocking news.