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.

Khalil Rountree's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, 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 34 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 11 more professional rounds, 37 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.

Karl Roberson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Brendan Allen at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Wellington Turman at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

Before that, he had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had won against Jack Marshman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Khalil Rountree had last fought 2 years, 7 months and 21 days ago, while Karl Roberson's last outing had been 3 years and 1 day ago.

Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 4 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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