Who won Walker vs Rountree?
Johnny Walker beat Khalil Rountree by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 140, on Saturday 17th November 2018 at Luna Park in Buenos Aires.
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).
Walker vs Rountree stats
Johnny Walker stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.
Khalil Rountree made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.
Johnny Walker's UFC record stood at 7-5-0, while Khalil Rountree's came in at 9-5-0.
The stats suggested Walker had a slight advantage in power over Rountree, with a 79% knock out percentage over Rountree's 71%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Walker had an advantage over Rountree, with a 14% submission rate over Rountree's 0%.
Johnny Walker was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.
Walker had a height advantage of 5 inches over Rountree. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.
Walker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 months earlier than Rountree, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 46 to Rountree's 37.
Walker vs Rountree form
Rountree had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, 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.
Before that, he had defeated Eryk Anders at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.
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.
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Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.
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