The last time Khalil Rountree played an official match at UFC in December 2023. At that time, he won against rival Anthony Smith in the Light Heavyweight weight class. It was also the fifth consecutive victory of Rountree in the UFC arena.
Initially, Rountree was arranged with Jamahal Hill at UFC 303 in June. This pair was canceled, on the grounds that Rountree could not play. He had to receive a ban for 2 months, due to the discovery of doping use. However, Jamahal Hill had to withdraw from injury.
In the context of the Light Heavyweight weight class, there are no more “hands -free” people, UFC decided to put Rountree on the championship with Alex Pereira. Rountree himself also admitted that this was an opportunity to fall in the sky, because he thought his chance of painting was still very far away.
UFC also confirmed that Rountree will be fully qualified to play in UFC 307, taking place on October 5. That was when Rountree was fulfilled to the competition, which ended on September 18. It can be seen that UFC has carefully calculated so that Rountree promptly returns when they need him to play.
In the opposite direction, Rountree is also considered as “good” of UFC to create a name for Alex Pereira. This tournament has been delayed for a long time for a belt match of Magomed Ankalaev. The Russian boxer is considered a candidate capable of defeating Pereira, but he is not cable with the Brazilian representative.