It was a story of two faceoffs to finish the UFC 307 pre-fight press convention. Foremost occasion fighters staying stoic whereas the co-main occasion rivals may reduce glass with the stares they had been giving one another.
UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira confirmed no emotion as he got here face-to-face with unlikely challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. on Thursday. Pereira regarded as intimidating as ever, however he didn’t get too aggressive throughout the faceoff, whereas Rountree simply saved trying forward as he prepares for the largest alternative of his profession.
That was vastly totally different from the co-main occasion the place Raquel Pennington and Julianna Peña had been staring holes by one another throughout a tense second with matchmaker Sean Shelby conserving a detailed eye on issues.
Nothing was stated throughout the faceoff, however the look from every fighter was price a thousand phrases.
For Pennington, the showdown serves as a fruits of a struggle she’s needed for the previous 11 years after she counted Pena as one in all her roommates on The Final Fighter season 18. As for Pena, she hopes to reclaim the title she misplaced in her final look again in 2022 when she suffered a one-sided defeat to Amanda Nunes.
