Rountree vs Daukaus

Who won Rountree vs Daukaus?

Khalil Rountree beat Chris Daukaus by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos, on Saturday 12th August 2023 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 Daukaus stats

Khalil Rountree stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chris Daukaus made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Khalil Rountree's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Chris Daukaus' came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Daukaus had a large advantage in power over Rountree, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Rountree's 64%.

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

Khalil Rountree was the same age as Chris Daukaus, at 34 years old.

Daukaus had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rountree. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rountree's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Daukaus', having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 months later than Daukaus, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 37 to Daukaus' 27.

Rountree vs Daukaus form

Rountree had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before 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.

He was victorious against Eryk Anders at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Chris Daukaus had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Before that, he had won against Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had beaten Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chris Daukaus had been fighting more than Khalil Rountree.

Going to this contest, Khalil Rountree had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 26 days ago, while Chris Daukaus' last outing had been 1 year, 4 months and 14 days ago.

Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Daukaus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rountree vs Daukaus?

Khalil Rountree was a 27/50 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Chris Daukaus made his way into the ring at 3/2 (+150) with oddsmakers.