Rountree vs Saki

Who won Rountree vs Saki?

Khalil Rountree beat G khan Saki by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 226, on Saturday 7th July 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Last 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 Saki stats

Khalil Rountree stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

G khan Saki made his way to the cage with a record of 1 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Khalil Rountree's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while G khan Saki's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Saki had a massive power advantage over Rountree, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Rountree's 67%.

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

Khalil Rountree was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Rountree had a height advantage of 1 inch over Saki. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Rountree was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 years and 10 months later than Saki, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 37 to Saki's 2.

Rountree vs Saki form

Rountree had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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.

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Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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