UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now!
It’s now official, the Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s light heavyweight and women’s bantamweight titles will be on the line at UFC 307.
The 12-fight card’s main event will see Alex Pereira put his light heavyweight championship on the line against Khalil Rountree, while the co-main event sees Raquel Pennington look to make her first bantamweight title defense against former champion Julianna Pena. All four title fight participants, along with the rest of the card, made weight.
Since losing the middleweight championship back to Israel Adesanya, Pereira (11-2) has looked great at light heavyweight. “Poatan” is currently on a four-fight win streak that includes two TKO wins over Jiri Prochazka, plus victories over Jan Blachowicz and Jamahal Hill. The Brazilian officially stepped on the scale at 205 pounds on the dot.
Meanwhile, Rountree (13-5, 1 NC) comes into his first UFC title fight on a five-fight winning streak. “The War Horse” has lived up to his nickname by finishing four of those opponents via TKO, including Anthony Smith, Chris Daukaus and Karl Roberson. The 34-year-old underdog also weighed 205 pounds for the fight.
UFC 307’s main card will air live on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass before moving to ESPN+ and ESPNews at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 307 Weigh-in Results:
Alex Pereira (205) vs. Khalil Rountree (205)
Raquel Pennington (135) vs. Julianna Pena (134.5)
Jose Aldo (136) vs. Mario Bautista (136)
Roman Dolidze (185.5) vs. Kevin Holland (185.5)
Kayla Harrison (136) vs. Ketlen Vieira (136)
Joaquin Buckley (170.5) vs. Stephen Thompson (171)
Iasmin Lucindo (116) vs. Marina Rodriguez (115.5)
Alexander Hernandez (156) vs. Austin Hubbard (156)
Cesar Almeida (185.5) vs. Ihor Potieria (185.5)
Ovince St. Preux (205.5) vs. Ryan Spann (205.5)
Carla Esparza (115.5) vs. Tecia Pennington (115)
Court McGee (170) vs. Tim Means (171)