Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill isn’t making any excuses for his UFC 311 TKO loss to Jiri Prochazka in January.

In what was an entertaining stand-up fight, Hill was defeated by the Czech ex-champ who found success throughout in beating his American opponent to the punch before landing the telling, fight-ending sequence in the third in what was Hill’s second successive loss since relinquishing the 205-pound title due to an achilles injury in the summer of 2023.

But now more than a month removed from the fight, Hill says that while he was disappointed with the result he was still able to glean some positives from the performance.

“Obviously, the fight didn’t go the way that I wanted it to,” Hill said in a video posted to his YouTube channel, via MMA Junkie.

“I’ve got to give a shout out to Jiri. He made great adjustments. He looked really good, brought in some new elements to his game. That was good to see. I wasn’t able to get the win. Ultimately, just have fun out there.

“I really, really had a good time, enjoyed the fight. Had fun in there, going back-and-forth. It was a war, went back-and-forth, former champions. Hopefully we delivered. I appreciate all the love and support. Ultimately, that’s the goal. I want to dominate, I want to win. I want to put out a good product, so at least I was able to do that.

“I know what I signed up for,” he added. “That was an opportunity that I would have liked to have. As I said, dealing with things and stuff like that, going to the fight, absolutely no excuse. I felt like I was in a position to come out and get my hand raised. I banked it all on myself, went out there and ultimately I just came up short.”