The Octagon returned to Salt Lake Metropolis for tonight’s UFC 307 occasion, a 12-bout battle card headlined by Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
The extremely anticipated mild heavyweight title battle proved to be an exciting forwards and backwards affair. Khalil Rountree Jr. acquired off to a quick begin in his first profession title battle, arguably profitable each of the primary two rounds (not less than on many analysts scorecards). Nonetheless, Alex Pereira was in a position to flip the tide in his favor in spherical three and proceeded to batter ‘The Struggle Horse’ all through the course of spherical 4. Within the last seconds of the fourth body, ‘Poatan’ landed a brutal body-head mixture that put Rountree Jr. down for good.
UFC 307 was co-headlined by a girls’s bantamweight title battle between Raquel Pennington and Julianna Pena. The competition resulted in a hotly debated break up resolution win for ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’, who outpoint ‘Rocky’ on two of the three judges’ scorecards to reclaim the belt.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters can be taking house efficiency bonuses.
Battle of the evening: Gentle heavyweight fighters Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree Jr. every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling battle on tonight’s UFC 307 most important occasion. ‘Poatan’ finally received the competition by fourth-round TKO (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Joaquin Buckley earned an additional $50k for his third-round knockout victory over Stephen Thompson in tonight’s featured prelim (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Ryan Spann pocketed an additional $50k for his first-round submission victory over Ovince Saint Preux (see that right here).
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