Corey Hill
| Corey Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 3, 1978 Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States |
| Died | May 15, 2015 (aged 36) Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Other names | The Real Deal |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11.9 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight Welterweight |
| Reach | 80 in (203 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Brooksville, Florida, United States |
| Team | TCH MMA KO Evolution |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 6 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Corey Cornelius Hill (October 3, 1978 – May 15, 2015) was an American mixed martial artist. In high school in Florida he won state wrestling championships on multiple occasions and was a two-time national finalist college wrestler.
Hill competed as a lightweight on The Ultimate Fighter 5 television series. During tryouts and production of the show, he told the UFC that his record was 4–0, but it was actually 2–0, both wins from amateur bouts. His first professional fight (albeit technically an exhibition) was on the show. It was scheduled against Gabe Ruediger, but he was expelled from the show for failure to make weight. Instead, Hill's match was against Rob Emerson and he won by a very controversial unanimous decision after three rounds. After defeating Emerson by decision in the preliminaries of TUF 5, Hill went on to lose in the quarterfinals by a triangle choke in the first round to fellow Team Pulver teammate, and future TUF 5 champion, Nate Diaz. Although he lost, Hill's performance validated the comments made several weeks prior by guest coach Jeremy Horn, who suggested Hill had the potential to be a dominating force in the UFC Lightweight division—even going so far as to offer to train Hill after his run on the show.
In his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 12, Corey Hill defeated Joe Veres with a second round TKO. Hill followed up with an appearance at UFC 86 against former ICON Sport Lightweight champion Justin Buchholz, who submitted him via rear-naked choke in the second round.
During the UFC: Fight for the Troops event in December 2008, Hill broke his right leg while throwing a kick that was checked by Dale Hartt in what is widely considered one of the most gruesome injuries in mixed martial arts history. Recovery from the injury was expected to take 12–18 months. With regard to organizational support, Hill told Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports: "The UFC was awesome throughout this whole thing and was so good to me, I feel indebted to them." An XFC event helped to raise money for the injured UFC fighter.
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