Alex Pereira could also be a large betting favourite forward of the UFC 307 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion subsequent month in Salt Lake Metropolis, however his Khalil Rountree Jr. struggle shouldn’t be with out its share of risks. That’s in response to former opponent Jamahal Hill, who battled “Poatan” atop the UFC 300 card earlier this yr in Las Vegas.
“The issues that Khalil has going for him is he’s a southpaw,” Hill stated on YouTube. “And he has precious threats from southpaw. Should you really have a look at even [Pereira’s] kickboxing profession and all that, southpaws and southpaw is a stance that provides him bother. Can he beat southpaws? Sure. However I haven’t seen him actually dominate a southpaw that has a number of threats from southpaw.”
Hill can also be a southpaw and there gave the impression to be no bother at UFC 300.
“That second struggle, when he fought [Israel Adesanya], the second struggle in opposition to Izzy, go look which means was Izzy standing,” Hill stated, referring to Pereira’s knockout loss atop the UFC 287 card in Miami. “These are the issues that I take note of, the small print and issues like that. When you’ve got weapons from southpaw, he struggles, he undoubtedly struggles.”
He additionally struggles with “not-so-good” conduct.
“Khalil doesn’t have a five-round fuel tank,” Hill added. “He’s gassed at paces that have been a lot slower than the tempo that he’s gonna should struggle Alex. Alex is gonna come out sluggish, take his time, kinda shut in and attempt to discover his pictures. He needs to search out his shot and begin breaking down your protection. He’s much more forward-imposing than he seems.”
The winner of Pereira vs. Rountree will doubtless defend the title in opposition to the winner of this struggle.
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