Khalil Rountree didn’t get his hand raised in his title bout with Alex Pereira ultimately weekend’s UFC 307 — however the mild heavyweight contender is decided to make use of the expertise of the combat to propel his profession again in direction of title rivalry.
Rountree was awarded the primary two rounds on the judges’ scorecards in the principle occasion combat in Salt Lake Metropolis earlier than two-division champ Pereira mounted a comeback within the third and claimed a end of his exhausted opponent within the fourth. Talking afterwards, Rountree praised Pereira for gaining the end however added that the bout was a substantial studying expertise for him.
And showing on the Pound 4 Pound podcast hosted by former UFC champion Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, Rountree revealed that he additionally acquired some tactical recommendation from Conor McGregor after the combat which he says he intends to place into follow in future fights.
“A few days after the combat I bought some messages from Conor and it was actually cool to get some messages from him,” Rountree stated, as famous by Bloody Elbow.
“One factor he identified was that I might’ve put extra stress,” he added. “If I might’ve been just a little extra relentless with my stress and never backed off a lot and retook the centre of the cage, I feel I might’ve been in a position to apply just a little extra harm to him.
“If I have been to return and replay this combat, I might in all probability simply be just a little bit extra aggressive, like sensible aggressive.”
Rountree’s return to the cage stay unclear following various facial lacerations he sustained within the contest nevertheless it stands to cause that working again a beforehand scheduled showdown with former 205-pound champion Jamahal Hill could also be choice for all events.
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Khalil Rountree reveals ‘actually cool’ messages from Conor McGregor post-UFC 307
Khalil Rountree didn’t get his hand raised in his title bout with Alex Pereira at last weekend’s UFC 307 — but the light heavyweight contender is determined to use the experience of the fight to propel his career back towards title contention. Rountree was awarded the first two rounds on the judges’ scorecards in the
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