Overview
- The clip, recorded live on the SmartLess podcast in April and resurfacing in early August coverage, features Hill warning anyone who still calls him the “fat guy from Superbad” that he could “annihilate” them and telling hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett he would beat them in a fight.
- Hill and multiple outlets say he began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in late 2018 at Clockwork Jiu-Jitsu in New York and has drilled multiple times per week, a pattern that reporters note matches the multi-year practice needed to develop solid BJJ skill.
- Reporters identify his coach as Josh Griffiths, a third-degree black belt who has competed at Abu Dhabi World Pro events and worked with top UFC fighters, which outlets cite to establish the credibility of Hill’s training.
- Hill tempered his boast with candid detail that BJJ takes a physical toll on his body and that his wife reminded him he is not pursuing a pro fighting career, comments that frame the remarks as confidence and humor rather than a formal move into combat sports.
- Coverage of the viral clip has turned the moment into pop-culture conversation and included one report that Hill is in talks to appear in a new 24 Jump Street project, a development that outlets describe as unconfirmed at this stage.