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

Karl Roberson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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 been beaten by 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 had won 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 defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had beaten 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

Rountree's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months 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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