Jacoby vs Rountree

Who won Jacoby vs Rountree?

Khalil Rountree beat Dustin Jacoby by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Khalil Rountree.

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).

Jacoby vs Rountree stats

Dustin Jacoby stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Khalil Rountree made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Dustin Jacoby's UFC record stood at 7-5-1, while Khalil Rountree's came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Rountree had a slight advantage in power over Jacoby, with a 67% knock out percentage over Jacoby's 61%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jacoby had a slight advantage over Rountree, with a 6% submission rate over Rountree's 0%.

Dustin Jacoby was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Jacoby had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rountree. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Jacoby was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Rountree, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 57 to Rountree's 37.

Jacoby vs Rountree form

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

In his last fight before 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.

Activity check

Jacoby's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jacoby vs Rountree?

Dustin Jacoby was a 11/20 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Khalil Rountree made his way into the ring at 3/2 (+150) with oddsmakers.