An American fighter announced this in an interview with MMA Junkie.
“I heard that the fight will take place in August – I hope everything works out and we will get a contract soon,” Hill said. “I’m not going to wait any longer, I know that for sure”
In June last year, Jiri Prochazka took the UFC light heavyweight title from Glover Teixeira, finishing the Brazilian with a rear naked choke with 28 seconds left in the fifth round, and in December, the Czech fighter was injured and dropped out of an immediate rematch, vacating the belt.
As a result, the owner of the vacant title was Jamal Hill, who defeated Glover Teixeira by unanimous decision in January of this year.