Cutelaba vs Rountree

Who won Cutelaba vs Rountree?

Ion Cutelaba beat Khalil Rountree by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 18, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Cutelaba vs Rountree stats

Ion Cutelaba stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Khalil Rountree made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Ion Cutelaba's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Khalil Rountree marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Ion Cutelaba's UFC record stood at 8-10-1, while Khalil Rountree's came in at 10-6-0.

The stats suggested Rountree had a massive power advantage over Cutelaba, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Cutelaba's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Cutelaba and Rountree would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Ion Cutelaba was the younger man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Cutelaba had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Cutelaba was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Rountree, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 51 to Rountree's 46.

Cutelaba vs Rountree form

Rountree had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4opponents and going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Cutelaba's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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