Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill shouldn’t be a fan of the newly introduced title battle between present champ Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree Jr.
Pereira is scheduled to defend his title for the third time in opposition to the No. 8-ranked Rountree in the primary occasion of UFC 307 on Oct. 5 in Salt Lake Metropolis.
In Might, Rountree was suspended two months by Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping (CSAD) after unintentionally taking dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), which is prohibited always underneath the UFC anti-doping coverage. Rountree was compelled out of a matchup in opposition to Hill at UFC 303 in June as a result of suspension and hasn’t stepped into the Octagon since.
“Cannot consider what I simply noticed introduced,” Hill wrote Friday on X. “So a man pulls out of a contender battle due to failed drug check for a banned substance and will get rewarded with a title shot?! That is horrible for the game and makes the rankings utterly pointless.”
Rountree has climbed into rivalry within the 205-pound division over the previous two years. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native has gained 5 in a row and is coming off a knockout victory over former title challenger Anthony Smith final December.
Hill, in the meantime, suffered a knockout loss in a title battle with Pereira at UFC 300 in April.
