Khalil Rountree Jr. goes to shock lots of people this October when he “walks by way of” Alex Pereira at UFC 307.
That’s in line with former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen, who believes ‘Poatan’ is tailor made for ‘The Warfare Horse’.
UFC 307 will happen on Saturday, October fifth on the Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.
Headlining the occasion will probably be a lightweight heavyweight title struggle between present champion Alex Pereira (11-2 MMA) taking over the No. 8 ranked Khalil Rountree Jr. (13-5 MMA).
Forward of the hotly debated title struggle, former UFC title challenger turned MMA analyst Chael Sonnen has delivered a daring prediction for a way the competition will play out.
Talking on the ‘Good Man / Unhealthy Man’ present with Daniel Cormier, ‘The American Gangster’ shared the next rationalization as to why he believes Rountree Jr. will be capable to “stroll by way of” Pereira this coming October.
“First off, let me provide the sizzling take of the day… Khalil Rountree Jr. goes to stroll by way of Pereira. That’s the worst matchup I might consider. That is like ‘Smackdown’ invading ‘Uncooked,’ and let me clarify. Once we consider who’s going to go struggle for a title on pay-per-view, we consider different guys who’ve received an entire bunch of fights on pay-per-view. Properly, Khalil was from Smackdown. He got here from the opposite present. He’s been combating on the Struggle Nights and on the Apex and issues like this. He’s nonetheless received 5 in a row, he stopped 4 of these sons of a weapons, and one in all them is a former No. 1 contender, our good pal ‘Lionheart’ (Anthony Smith).”
Chael Sonnen continued:
“I’ll inform you this as a result of I don’t know the way acquainted you’re or the remainder of the followers are with Khalil, however he does his best possible work when he’s being attacked by a kickboxer. It’s not Khalil swarming anyone or taking them down or submitting them. He’s a counter fighter, and he loves if you punch or kick at him first.”
Concluding, Sonnen believes that is going to be a catastrophe if the UFC is definitely hoping to “shield” Alex Pereira with the Khalil Rountree Jr. matchup (h/t MMAJunkie):
“Mike Tyson used to make guys give up within the again, Cain Velasquez would have guys wilt within the again. Anderson Silva would make guys wilt within the again as they have been so frightened of what was going to occur. Pereira is coming into that territory. Rountree is the mistaken matchup. All these scary punches and kicks that Pereira does, that’s the place Rountree does his most interesting work. This can be a huge catastrophe for anyone that thinks the UFC is attempting to guard Alex. In the event that they’re attempting to guard Alex, anyone simply made a giant mistake.”
Who do you assume will emerge victorious when Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree Jr. collide on October fifth in Salt Lake Metropolis?