Khalil Rountree learned an unforgettable lesson from his fight against Alex Pereira.
Rountree received an unexpected title shot against Pereira at UFC 307 last year. While Rountree was a massive underdog going in, he won the first two rounds on every scorecard. However, “Poatan” turned the tide in the third round before finishing Rountree in the fourth.
Rountree recalls that he had forgotten that he was up two rounds going into the fourth stanza. While coach John Wood asked Rountree to hang tight for the next two rounds, “The War Horse” went for broke instead, making himself vulnerable.