Khalil Rountree is trying to safe a title shot at UFC Baku.
Rountree is about to tackle Jamahal Hill in the primary occasion of the Struggle Evening card on Saturday. It’s an intriguing matchup and one which Rountree enters because the betting favourite. Though Rountree is the favourite, he isn’t being attentive to that, as he’s simply targeted on his personal efficiency.
Rountree is coming off a TKO loss to Alex Pereira for the belt and is trying to get again into the win column. Not solely does he anticipate to beat Jamahal Hill at UFC Baku, however he additionally believes he’ll placed on an unimaginable efficiency to get one other title shot.
“There hasn’t been an excessive amount of speak; there have been talks of what we want after this,” Khalil Rountree stated to Ariel Helwani. “I believe the UFC has its personal concepts and ideas of what they might need. My plan is to placed on a efficiency that makes a title shot plain, if that makes any sense. I’m able to be a champion and the champion. Every part I’m engaged on and doing is to be ready for that once more. That’s completely what I need and what I’m gunning for. My plan is to placed on an plain efficiency in order that I can get that probability once more.”
It does appear doubtless that Alex Pereira will get a direct rematch towards Magomed Ankalaev for the belt. Jiri Prochazka, in the meantime, could be subsequent in line, so Rountree could have to get one other combat after Saturday. However, he hopes his efficiency at UFC Baku can be sufficient to get a title shot.
