UFC light-heavyweight contender Khalil Rountree is reflecting on his conflict with Alex Pereira.
‘The Struggle Horse’ received probably the most sudden title pictures in October. Using a five-fight win streak punctuated by a knockout of Anthony Smith final yr, Khalil Rountree received a shot at Alex Pereira. For his half, ‘Poatan’ was recent off a second-round knockout win over Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303 in late June.
Regardless of getting into the cage a large underdog, Khalil Rountree introduced the struggle to the champion. He dropped the Brazilian in spherical two and entered the championship rounds up on the scorecards. Nevertheless, Alex Pereira in the end rallied to attain a gutsy fourth-round knockout win to retain the gold.
On struggle evening, many praised Khalil Rountree’s efficiency and his coronary heart. Nevertheless, he was combating in a lot worse situation than many followers had thought. Whereas Alex Pereira triggered a brutal reduce on the challenger’s eye, Rountree fought on. Talking on the JAXXON Podcast, the light-heavyweight contender mirrored on his UFC 307 loss.
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Khalil Rountree opens up on accidents following UFC 307 knockout loss to Alex Pereira
There, ‘The Struggle Horse’ revealed that he was really combating blind in opposition to Alex Pereira. In accordance with Khalil Rountree, he was blinded early within the contest after a giant shot from ‘Poatan’. Nevertheless, he determined to maintain on combating anyway, given the stakes.
“Within the second, I didn’t really feel it.” Khalil Rountree acknowledged, discussing his loss to UFC light-heavyweight champion Alex Pereira. “As an illustration, within the struggle the place the reduce occurred, I received hit and increase. I knew I had gotten hit onerous, as a result of I began to see my imaginative and prescient blur somewhat bit. However the second that landed, the one that really cut up my eye, in that second I went blind.”
He continued, “However I assumed, ‘F*ck it, I’m going to maintain going’. I didn’t see something after that, I noticed simply mild, I didn’t see shadows, I didn’t see something. It was like if somebody put a frosted movie [over my eye]. I couldn’t see, I’m f*cking blind, however I’m not going to surrender… My eye was f*cked up, however I assumed I’d cope with it later.”
What do you make of those feedback from the UFC light-heavyweight contender? Who do you wish to see Khali Rountree struggle after his loss to Alex Pereira?
