October 6, 2024 5:00 pm ET
The UFC’s third annual cease to Salt Lake Metropolis didn’t present the surprising moments of the prior two, however UFC 307 at Delta Heart did characteristic a title protection and a title change.
In the primary occasion, Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) etched his identify within the report books with a fourth-round TKO of Khalil Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) to defend his gentle heavyweight title, whereas within the co-main occasion Julianna Peña (12-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) regained the ladies’s bantamweight strap with a split decision over Raquel Pennington (16-9 MMA, 13-6 UFC).
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Pereira turned the seventh fighter to report three UFC title defenses in a calendar 12 months. Frank Shamrock (1998), Tito Ortiz (2001), Matt Hughes (2002), Chuck Liddell (2006), Demetrious Johnson (2013) and Kamaru Usman (2021) have additionally completed the feat.
Pereira set a brand new report for shortest time between three UFC title defenses at 175 days. Ronda Rousey held the earlier report at 189 days.
Pereira’s three consecutive UFC title defenses are tied with Islam Makhachev for many amongst present champions.
Pereira improved to 5-0 since he moved as much as the sunshine heavyweight division in July 2023.
Pereira’s five-fight UFC successful streak at gentle heavyweight is the second-longest energetic streak within the division behind Carlos Ulberg (six).
Pereira has earned 10 of his 12 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed all of these wins by knockout.
Rountree has suffered 4 of his six profession losses by stoppage.
Pena turned the second two-time UFC girls’s bantamweight champion.
Pennington has suffered seven of her 9 profession losses by resolution.
Mario Bautista’s (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) seven-fight UFC successful streak at bantamweight is the second-longest energetic streak within the division behind Merab Dvalishvili (10).
Bautista has earned 5 of his 9 UFC victories by resolution.
Jose Aldo (32-9 MMA, 14-8 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he returned from retirement in Could 2024.
Aldo fell to 4-4 since he dropped to the bantamweight division in December 2019.
Roman Dolidze (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) improved to 5-3 since he dropped to the middleweight division in March 2020. Dolidze has earned 11 of his 14 profession victories by stoppage.on.
Kevin Holland (26-12 MMA, 13-9 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he returned to the UFC middleweight division in June 2024. He’s 9-5 when combating within the weight class.
Buckley (20-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) improved to 5-0 since he dropped to the welterweight division in Could 2023.
Buckley’s five-fight UFC successful streak at welterweight is tied for the fifth-longest energetic streak within the division behind Ian Machado Garry (eight), Jack Della Maddalena (seven), Belal Muhammad (six), and Shavkat Rakhmonov (six).
Buckley has earned all 14 of his profession stoppage victories by knockout.
Iasmin Lucindo (17-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned three of her 4 UFC victories by resolution.
Marina Rodriguez (18-5-2 MMA, 7-5-2 UFC) has suffered 4 of her 5 profession losses by resolution.
Ihor Potieria (20-7 MMA, 2-5 UFC) fell to 1-2 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in February 2024.
Spann (22-10 MMA, 8-5 UFC) has earned 19 of his 22 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed 16 of these wins in Spherical 1.
Ovince Saint Preux (28-17 MMA, 15-13 UFC) fell to 4-8 in his previous 12 fights relationship again to February 2018.
Tecia Pennington’s (14-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) 10 victories in UFC strawweight competitors are tied for second-most in divisional historical past behind Angela Hill (11).
Pennington has earned 13 of her 14 profession victories by resolution.
Carla Esparza (19-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC) retired from MMA after her loss. Esparza has suffered three of her six UFC losses by resolution.
Esparza has accomplished at the least one takedown towards 15 of her 16 UFC opponents.
Esparza’s 49 takedowns landed in UFC strawweight competitors are most in divisional historical past.
Court McGee (22-13 MMA, 11-12 UFC) improved to 8-10 since he dropped to the welterweight division in February 2013.
McGee earned his first submission victory since Oct. 23, 2010 – a span of 5,096 days and 21 fights.
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Occasion stats
Alex Pereira def. Khalil Rountree
Julianna Peña def. Raquel Pennington
Mario Bautista def. Jose Aldo
Roman Dolidze def. Kevin Holland
Joaquin Buckley def. Stephen Thompson
Iasmin Lucindo def. Marina Rodriguez
Cesar Almeida def. Ihor Potieria
Ryan Spann def. Ovince Saint Preux
Tecia Pennington def. Carla Esparza
Courtroom McGee def. Tim Means
