Off the again of his championship cost in opposition to Alex Pereira simply months in the past, Khalil Rountree has claimed he was “happy” all through his gruelling battle with the Brazilian in the principle occasion of UFC 307, receiving backing that he knew he was the place he “belonged” within the mild heavyweight pile.
Difficult the undisputed mild heavyweight champion and former middleweight titleholder, Syndicate MMA staple, Rountree succumbed to an eventual fourth spherical knockout loss to the Sao Paulo punisher, the place he was stopped with a barrage of strikes on the Octagon fence.
Khalil Rountree claims he was “happy” all through title loss to Alex Pereira
Left bloodied and battered by Pereira after a formidable cost in opposition to him, Rountree admitted this week that regardless of turning into the most recent in a long-list of contenders to undergo defeat to the dominant Brazilian, he was “happy” all through the pairing in Salt Lake Metropolis.
“So in the locker room, I was very relaxed to the point to where I asked my coach like I’m very relaxed,” Khalil Rountree advised Battle Power Movies throughout a current video. “Like is that okay? And he’s like, yeah, it’s good once I was within the cage and he (Alex Pereira) was strolling out, the one factor I can actually bear in mind is simply being pleased — even the second once I obtained completed within the fourth spherical like I simply felt so pleased all through that complete battle.
“It felt like I was where I belong like I felt like I belong there,” Alex Pereira continued. “It was really like living and living in a dream.”
But to be booked for his return to motion, previous to his title cost in opposition to Pereira, Final Fighter alum, Pereira had turned in notable victories over the likes of former title challenger, Anthony Smith, in addition to Dustin Jacoby, Karl Roberson, and Modestas Bukauskas.
