This Saturday, October 5, all the spotlights will be positioned on the Delta Center, United Stateswhere the expected billboard of UFC 307. On this occasion, the octagon of Salt Lake City will have a UFC light heavyweight world title fight.
The one who will defend the belt will be Brazilian Alex Pereira against the eighth in the light heavyweight category, the American Khalil Rountree. But before this fight that can mark a point in the history of the sport can take place, 11 fights will be held that are on par with a world title.
UFC 307: Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree, the main protagonists of the event
Alex “Poatan” Pereira won the light heavyweight belt of the UFC ante Jiří Procházka by TKO, on November 11, 2023. He has eight years of professionalism and comes to this fight with a record of 11 victories (nine by KO and two by decision), two defeats (one by KO and one by submission), and no draw.
For its part, Khalil “The War Horse” Rountree He comes to this confrontation with the objective of dethroning his rival’s belt and thus achieving the first championship in his history. He has been a professional fighter for ten years and has a streak of 13 wins (nine by KO and four by decision), five falls (two by KO, one by submission and two by decision), and zero draws.
Complete UFC 307 card: Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree
main card
- Light heavyweight: Alex Pereira (11-2-0) vs. Khalil Rountree (13-5-0).
- Women’s bantamweight: Raquel Pennington (16-9-0) vs. Julianna Peña (12-5-0).
- Bantamweight: José Aldo (32-8-0) vs. Mario Bautista (14-2-0).
- Women’s bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira (14-3-0) vs. Kayla Harrison (17-1-0).
- Medium weight: Roman Dolidze (13-3-0) vs. Kevin Holland (26-11-0).
Preliminary
- welder weight: Stephen Thompson (17-7-1) vs. Joaquin Buckley (19-6-0).
- Women’s strawweight: Marina Rodriguez (17-4-2) vs. Yasmin Lucindo (16-5-0).
- Medium weight: Cesar Almeida (5-1-0) vs. Ihor Potieria (20-6-0).
- Lightweight: Austin Hubbard (17-7-0) vs. Alexander Hernandez (14-8-0).
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Initial preliminaries
- Light heavyweight: Ryan Spann (21-10-0) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (27-17-0).
- Women’s strawweight: Carla Esparza (20-7-0) vs. Tecia Pennington (13-7-0).
- welder weight: Court McGee (22-13-0) vs. Tim Means (33-16-1).
