Former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira analyzed the upcoming fight between the division's higher-ranked champion Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree.
"By virtue of inertia, I'm betting on Pereira. Rountree doesn't wrestle, he prefers kickboxing. He never does tekdowns. If you're going to fight Pereira like that, I'm the only one in the UFC who has shaken him up and successfully fought him in the standup. Everyone else he's taken out. If Rountree can put up a dirty fight, he has a slight chance, but it's very difficult to do that in a fight with Pereira.
His arm length will probably keep Rountree from getting close to Pereira, who uses his size and keeps his distance. My bet on Pereira this weekend is that it will be a knockout or technical knockout. I don't know which round, but Rountree is going to be tough. Alex will catch him when Rountree will go forward and attack, trying to shorten the distance, "- quotes Pereira MMA Junkie.
Recall, the fight Pereira - Rountree will be the main event of the tournament UFC 307, which will take place on the night of October 6 in Salt Lake City, USA.
