Alex Pereira Will Defend Belt AT UFC 307

Pereira (11-2) has already fought twice this year and have make quick work of both of his opponents. He’s making a strong case of fighter of the year if he can take out Rountree in similar fashion.

Rountree (19-5), a fellow kickboxer who has not fought in 2024 but is coming off a devastating knockout win over Anthony Smith in December. Rountree is riding a five-fight winning streak with four knockouts and one decision during that stretch. Defeating Alex Pereira would shake up the MMA world. But he will be a big underdog coming into this fight at +450 underdog. Without a doubt he will have his hands full. He’s going to have to try solve the problem that nobody has been able to at the light heavyweight division yet.

Co-main event set

The co-main event will be a women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Raquel Pennington and Julianna Pena. Pennington (16-8) will look to extend her six-fight winning streak against Peña (10-5). Who’s a former champion who has not fought since she surrendered the title in an immediate rematch against Amanda Nunes in July 2022. Peña won the belt in a shocking upset of Nunes in 2021. But suffered a lopsided defeat in the highly anticipated rematch. Pena has a chance to prove that one of the biggest upsets in UFC history was not a fluke by taking Pennington’s title away from her.