Rountree vs Roberson

Who won Rountree vs Roberson?

Khalil Rountree beat Karl Roberson by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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).

Rountree vs Roberson stats

Khalil Rountree stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Karl Roberson made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Khalil Rountree's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Khalil Rountree's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Karl Roberson's came in at 4-6-0.

The stats suggested Rountree had a massive power advantage over Roberson, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Roberson's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Roberson had a massive advantage over Rountree, boasting a 44% submission rate over Rountree's 0%.

Khalil Rountree was the older man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Rountree was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 11 months earlier than Roberson, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 46 to Roberson's 26.

Rountree vs Roberson form

Rountree had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Eryk Anders at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He had defeated G khan Saki at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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