Jamahal Hill is known for his outspoken attitude and tendency to be brash in his verbiage. Fans often criticize the Chicago native for standing up for himself, even if he’s not completely justified in his stances; for example, his defense of his KO loss to light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira had fans calling him salty.

But there’s a reason why Jamahal Hill is so stand-off-ish in his current form. ‘Sweet Dreams’ opened up about certain troubling incidents that would leave an ordinary person skeptical about trusting anyone. Let’s take a look at an unfortunate incident that led him to engage in a scuffle with his brother.

What happened between Jamahal Hill and his brother?

Back in 2023, the light heavyweight phenom was a huge topic of interest among the MMA fan base after it was revealed that he and his brother James Hill were involved in a confrontation that literally came to blows. According to the police report, there was a general agreement between the Hill brothers as James consented to clean the UFC star’s house for $300.

The house in question had been left untreated for some time. It was vacant and had no electricity in it and the house was wreaking of rotten food and spoil. However, things took a turn for the worse as an argument ensured, with the victim claiming that Hill had taken off his shirt and came face to face only to land a punch on him. 

Jamahal Hill was subsequently arrested and released on bail and is currently undergoing court proceedings for domestic violence. A year later, following that incident, the former light heavyweight champion opened up on the whole situation with his brother. Let’s take a look at what he had to say about his arrest.

Jamahal Hill on his arrest

The former UFC champion had addressed the whole ordeal in a previous YouTube video uploaded around the time of his UFC 300 fight when the incident was fresh in the MMA community’s mind. ‘Sweet Dreams’, on his YouTube channel stated, “He tried to hit me, like he literally took a swing at me. I rolled [away from] it, slipped and missed and I grabbed him. When I grabbed him, I grabbed him in a clinch, I pulled his head down, grabbed his arm, pulled his head down, and I pushed him backward to where he stumbled back into the kitchen.”

He had even penned a statement and lashed out at fans for sharing their accusations of Hill being the perpetrator. Surprisingly, the scuffle between him and his brother ran deep and involved the mother of Hill’s children. He detailing the full incident from his perspective, Hill alluded to his brother mistakenly hitting his wife. “She turns, and she pushes me, but when she pushed me, I’m assuming that was a time when he thought was his best chance to swing again. And he swings at me again, only this time he punches my kid’s mom in the head,” Jamahal Hill added.

Now that the incident is well over a year old, and fortunately, fans are more concerned with Jamahal Hill, who is ready to redeem himself once again inside the octagon against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 311. Do you think he will be successful this time out after coming off a knockout win?