On Saturday night time, Khalil Rountree will get his likelihood to stamp his identify within the historical past books.
The 34-year-old Californian, who’s within the midst of the longest profitable streak of his skilled profession, will check his Muay Thai expertise towards the excellent kickboxing of UFC mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, and is aware of that he stands on the verge of an underdog title win that might rank alongside every other in UFC historical past.
It’ll simpler stated than achieved, nevertheless. ‘Poatan’ has been close to flawless in his UFC profession thus far, even when the likes of Israel Adesanya and even his compatriot Bruno Silva again within the day have proven that there are chinks within the Brazilian’s armour ought to the proper sort of strain be utilized.
Rountree, winner of 5 straight fights (with 4 of these finishes inside the gap), has historical past taking over world class strikers. In the summertime of 2018, he confronted one other fighter who, like Pereira, beforehand held the Glory (kickboxing) mild heavyweight title in Gokhan Saki — a struggle Rountree received inside two minutes of the primary spherical.
And will he repeat that this weekend in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah he’ll set up himself as an unlikely champion in one of many UFC’s most talent-rich divisions.
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