Alex Pereira continued to shine because the MVP of the promotion after claiming victory in his fourth foremost occasion title battle in 11 months.
Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) defended his mild heavyweight title for the third time by defeating Khalil Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC).
The challenger put up a stiff battle early, however in the end, the champ retained by stopping Rountree with a hellacious flurry at 4:32 of Spherical 4.
Each landed well-placed countershots early within the battle. Pereira saved Rountree guessing with kicks, whereas the champ solely handled punches coming in his path in a aggressive first spherical.
Pereira missed with a giant head kick try in Spherical 2, leaving a gap for Rountree to crack him with a giant punch. A mixture and a heavy head kick quickly adopted, securing a transparent second spherical for Rountree.
Early in Spherical 3, Rountree continued to land exhausting counterpunches, backing Pereira into the fence. Halfway by means of, Pereira went again to including exhausting leg kicks to his offense to decelerate Rountree’s responses, which proved to be a pivotal level within the battle.
Rountree was busted open from strikes, and a leaping knee from Pereira prompted a heavy forward-pressure assault to seal the third spherical.
Bruised and bloodied in Spherical 4, Pereira continued to select aside his opponent with sharp single strikes whereas making an attempt to evade the return punches. Pereira turned up the stress as Rountree started to again away, drawing out a wild firefight.
Rountree was compelled to cowl up as he retreated to the fence together with his proper eye swollen shut, however Pereira was cautious of the counters and didn’t go away himself open. “Poatan” obtained a maintain of Thai clinch to dig in additional strikes, and the next flurry of heavy punches closed the present.
